Retired Nomads: Historic Savannah - Old Town Trolley

Sunday, we went back to the Historic District to visit the things we skipped last Friday.

we didn't take this ghost tour....

the windows of the museum look like bells

SCAD is huge in here (Savannah College of Art & Design)

We walked Jones Street which was voted one of the most beautiful street in North America by Southern Living.

Cooper's Hawk

down spout

garden seen through the gate

another garden seen through the gate

this down spout is a dolphin (kind of evil looking....)

The walk to Forsyth Park

couple relaxing on the bench

We visited Forsyth Park. It was a lovely park and since it was Sunday there were a lot of families out enjoying the beautiful weather.

immature Robins in the park

Forsyth Fountain

we stopped for a cold drink and a brownie

xylophone

Confederate & Spanish American War Memorials

back on the trolley to stop for lunch

windows made to look like eyes

where Jenny worked in Forrest Gump

Military Museum

Pirate's house

We had lunch at Goose Feathers Café. Yum!

Italian Panini & peach pie

Hatian War Monument

We stopped to see the First Baptist Church where MLK Jr. first delivered his “I have a dream speech”. (before he delivered it at the 1963 Washington D.C. Civil Rights March) There are tunnels under the church said to be used for the Underground Railroad. For the safety of those who offered refuge, no records were kept of how many slaves used the Church on their way to the North. A unique feature in the Church which relates to the Underground Railroad are the holes in the floor in certain areas of the Church. These holes are arranged in a pattern known as a Congolese Cosmogram. This pattern represented life so it fit with the church. The real reason for these holes were breathing holes for slaves who were hidden beneath the floorboards. We didn’t get to go inside as they were preparing to start a service.

we stopped to check out the gardens at the ship museum

just came from Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

Colonial Park Cemetery

yes, we stopped for more ice cream at Leopold's

We stopped to check out the Pirate’s House which is now a restaurant. From their website “Since 1753, The Pirate's House has been welcoming visitors to Savannah with a bounty of delicious food and drink and rousing good times. Situated a scant block from the Savannah River, The Pirate's House first opened as an inn for seafarers, and fast became a rendezvous for blood-thirsty pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas. Here seamen drank their grog and discoursed, sailor fashion, on their exotic high seas adventures from Singapore to Bombay and from London to Port Said.”

We walked around River Street as we had plenty of time before dinner.

River Street Market Place

Dinner on River Street at The Shrimp Factory. Finally, some really good shrimp!

Shrimp platter

Shrimp & Oyster platter

Our Ghosts & Gravestones tour started at 9:00. We watched the sunset behind the bridge waiting for 8:30 when we needed to check in for the tour.

While we weren’t as impressed with the night tour as we were with the day Trolley, it was fun. Mainly, as they drove around they told the various ghost stories of some of the homes. We did a night tour of the Andrew Low House. There have long been reports of spirits that inhabit the home and tales of staff seeing apparitions. Our second stop was the Perkin’s & Son’s Ship Chandlery to commiserate with the spirits and truly EXPERIENCE the stories of haunted River Street. No photos were allowed in the last one and I’ll keep the details secret as well.