Far from cheap vacation to Savannah - GA - US pg2

Our next day, we drove to the historic district, parked the car and took a walking tour of many of the sites. We saw many things, but I will just go over a few that I really enjoyed. We paid for a tour of the Andrew Low House (Lafayette Square) Built in 1848-49 by cotton merchant Andrew Low, whose son, William MacKay Low, married Juliette Gordon, founder of the Girl Scouts. Now houses the Colonial Dames House, headquarters of the State Society of the Colonial Dames of America. The carriage house is now the headquarters of the Girl Scouts of America. 329 Abercorn St. I believe we paid $8 per person for this tour, it may have been a bit more. It started with a nice movie that explained the history of the house. During the movie it mentioned that Robert E. Lee has been a guest here and had stayed in one of the upper bedrooms. When I was walking up the stairs of the house, almost ot the top, you can start to see out of a window at the top of the landing. I stopped and mentioned to my wife, that Robert Lee had walked these same steps, likely had his hands on the same bannister, and possibly stopped and enjoyed the view out of that window for a brief moment. As I stopped in looked out that window, holding that bannister, it was almost like moving back in time.


We saw many things that day, and I hope to go back again in the future to see some of the things that we missed, but it was a nice afternoon.


Well, we decided as it was a early summer trip, it would be nice to travel in a convertable. As we did not have one, we rented a Mustang Convertable for the trip. Something we would not usually do, but seemed like it would add a little extra fun to the trip. We are about 4.5 hours from the outside of Savannah, so the drive would not be bad.


After we finished our tour and returned to our car, we headed for dinner at The Pirates House. The Pirates House has been been welcoming visitors to Savannah with a bounty of delicious food and drink and rousing good times since 1753. The entire family will enjoy Savannah's most intriguing restaurant. At the Pirate's House, our most precious treasure is our food, acclaimed for over three decades. Our extensive menu includes dishes for all tastes and our varied selection of scandalous desserts is sure to delight. Like a tale of the high seas, The Pirate's House rambles in all directions. We operate 15 separate dining rooms each with a distinct charm all its own.


The small building adjoining the Pirates' House was erected in 1734 and is said to be the oldest house in the State of Georgia. The building originally housed the gardener of Trustees' Garden. His office and tool room were in the front section, while his stable occupied the back room and his hayloft, upstairs. The bricks used in the construction of this old "Herb House", as it is called today, were manufactured only a short block away under the bluff by the Savannah River where brick making was begun by the colonists as early as 1733.


In the dining room known as the Captain's Room with its hand hewn ceiling beams joined with wooden pegs, negotiations were made by shorthanded ships' masters to shanghai unwary seamen to complete their crews. Stories still persist of a tunnel extending from the Old Rum Cellar beneath the Captain's Room to the river through which these men were carried, drugged, and unconscious, to ships waiting in the harbor. Indeed, many a sailor drinking in carefree abandon at The Pirates' House awoke to find himself at sea on a strange ship bound for a port half a world away. A Savannah policeman, so legend has it, stopped by The Pirates' House for a friendly drink and awoke on a four-masted schooner sailing to China from where it took him two years to make his way back to Savannah.


We arrived early, just as the restaurant was opening, but before our reservations. A few other guests, my wife and I were taking on a tour of The Pirates House before they started to serve guests. It is a very old and interesting building. We were shown the Captain's Room and the tour guide showed us where the tunnel is. It is covered by wood and carpeting, but they did lift it up and you feel quite a strong breeze from the tunnel. They say it still goes all the way to the harbour. So keep this in mind when you dine there, if you get out of hand, you may not know where you will end up.

All in all, a fantastic trip. The ride was a lot of fun. The hotel was amazing. I still compare all places that I stay to this Westin. Touring Savannah makes you feel like you are going back in time. I would recommend this trip to anyone.

Jun, 8th 2006 -

 

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