Savannah, a town where we could live...

As part of our fortuitous change of hotel we had managed to wangle an inclusive breakfast for 2 people at our new swanky hotel. The breakfast (buffet style) was absolutely beautiful and the setting was stunning too. 

After breakfast we took a stroll around the historic district of Savannah to soak up the history and the beautiful architecture. Jakey is slowly starting to realise that 'we are just going for a little walk' means that we will walk and walk and walk and then we will turn ourselves around and we will walk all the way back again, chatting to whomever we meet along the way.

Meeting the locals has been particularly easy on this trip because we have the Stokke pushchair with us so everyone is fascinated and wants to talk to us about it. Within 1 block a man on a pushbike approached us to ask where the 'neat stroller' was from 'cos it sure ain't coming from this world!' within a few minutes the conversation had progressed to the history of Savannah and the best places to experience the architecture. A block further and we were grabbed by a lady in a drugstore (the toddler has a temperature....) who insisted that she knew such a fantastic design couldn't possibly be american, and so on, down to the porter of the hotel who admired Benjamin's ability to press the buttons in the lift from his buggy!!

There is a downside to the Stokke though, when you ram your husbands ankles with it you can still see the damage a day later....

Is Steph a bad wife or did Ken deserve it???

So we wandered around the Savannah streets marvelling at the beautiful churches and multitude of parks and squares and chose the houses that we would live in if we lived here (I LOVE this game!!)


This is my house:

It's lovely, isn't it? Jakey wanted the one next door, which was much bigger, so I said I would let him be my neighbour!!!

A little further and we came across a square with a fountain which was begging for some time to be spent in it...so the toddler ran free for a while whilst we enjoyed the morning sun...

One extremely large ice-cream for Jakey later we hit the road for our mammoth drive to Florida.

At the recommendation of a lady Ken was chatting to on the Ocracoke to Cedar Island Ferry we stopped at St Augustine on the way down to Florida...as we entered the town it was proudly declared to be 'America's Oldest City' on the billboards. We headed for the seafront and Benjamin's beloved 'BOATS' and enjoyed some time in the grounds of an old civil war fort.

We then stumbled upon the Mill Top Bar and Restaurant, a lovely, laid back place where if we were child-free we would have happily spent the whole afternoon and evening (and possibly early morning) and checked ourselves into the rooms next door...but with children we simply chuckled and talked and sang along to the in-house musician as we ate our lunch. The boys were very good with their tipping and Jakey even put in a dollar of his own to say thank you!

As we left St Augustine my driving stint was over, we have driven 1,350 miles between us and travelled even further if you include the ferries...we have probably travelled the equivalent of half way back across the atlantic. And with this knowledge in mind I switched off, I dozed, I chatted and sang with the kids. We arrived at my wonderful Mother in Law's villa in Florida and I sorted the kids and the washing and for a change I forgot about documenting every move, because now we can be still for a while. We have loved our travels and our 8 day journey has passed so very quickly, but we will be glad to stay still for a while. The pool heater is on and tomorrow we will chill by the pool for a day, and do pretty much nothing else.
My blog posts will slow now, Ken says he might do a day and Jakey might do a day (although he has been keeping a journal as we travel). As for me, I simply want to relax a little...and sleep. xx