Rain Delay - Savannah
At this point we've come to accept rain as just a normal and unavoidable part of our existence, like breathing, or news articles about Paris Hilton. We think that there is a chance that the rain may stop sometime before the end of June but we no longer believe the TV. It lies to us all the time. So does the Internet.We arrived in Savannah in a downpour. We walked around Savannah in a drizzle interspersed with brief periods of 'sheeting rain'. Sheeting rain is Mary's favorite term for rain, though why this is she cannot explain. Like Eskimos and their 50 words for snow (which is actually an urban legend or so I've read) I think we're gaining a new appreciation for all the words that can be applied to a simple act like water falling from the sky. It can be raining, drizzling, sheeting, blowing, spitting, pouring, thundering down, liquid sunshine, showers, misting, raining cats and dogs, a monsoon, sleeting and of course, raining with no end in sight. We've experienced all this and so much more in the last week.
Savannah, in most circumstances in which it isn't dripping wet, is probably a pretty little city. We stayed on the edge of the historic district near the river at a nice brand new hotel called Avia. Very conveniently located and nicely appointed. They have a wine bar in the lobby and a small restaurant which apparently isn't used to having 30 people all show up for breakfast at the same time. But other than having to wait in a long line, the breakfast (which came with the room) was aces. We wandered out and about the historic district and dined at a very nice restaurant, Bistro Savannah for dinner, where Mary got the shrimp and grits and I had a whole flounder that was scored and prepared with a sweet-spicy glaze that was quite tasty and had nothing whatsoever to do with Southern Cuisine. On the other hand I did get some fried green tomatoes as a starter though, so I'm still getting my Lowcountry on.
We drove around in the rain as a change of pace from walking around in the rain and checked out the little squares with their little parks, or maybe parkettes would be a better term? In any case they were beautiful and the houses surrounding the little parkettes were very impressive and probably cost a small fortune to air-condition in the summer.
All in all we liked Savannah but ultimately, unless we were to get involved with an interesting local murder and the kooky, offbeat inhabitants of the city, it's small and easily covered in a short time. There is a nice selection of restaurants and bars, including a really amazing number of British style pubs. I could spend a long couple of weeks investigating these I suppose, but Mary is overly concerned about my liver, I'm afraid. We'd recommend a visit to anyone and especially to anyone with a passion for pubs.
We drove around in the rain as a change of pace from walking around in the rain and checked out the little squares with their little parks, or maybe parkettes would be a better term? In any case they were beautiful and the houses surrounding the little parkettes were very impressive and probably cost a small fortune to air-condition in the summer.
All in all we liked Savannah but ultimately, unless we were to get involved with an interesting local murder and the kooky, offbeat inhabitants of the city, it's small and easily covered in a short time. There is a nice selection of restaurants and bars, including a really amazing number of British style pubs. I could spend a long couple of weeks investigating these I suppose, but Mary is overly concerned about my liver, I'm afraid. We'd recommend a visit to anyone and especially to anyone with a passion for pubs.
