Refreshing Experiences
In A Historic Place

by Jaime

Have you ever walked through the streets of a new to you city and found yourself both in awe and fully relaxed? This is what I found in Savannah.

My visits there have been my chance to spend quality time with family and to temporarily escape from my regular everyday life.

I’ve toured the downtown squares and museums, visited my sister’s favourite haunts, started teaching my niece how to play tennis and sat outside reading a good book with a tree overflowing with Spanish moss in the background.

How can you not feel relaxed when your toughest decision seems to be whether to stay put and become part of the scene, or to carry on to the next street and potential remarkable discovery?

On my first visit, I chose to keep going. This led to me taking a few of my favourite pictures, including one of a house that was purchased from a Sears’ catalogue. Look closely at the windows and you may notice that the frames appear to be upside-down.

Enjoying a bit of familial history, I was also intrigued by the story of identical houses built side-by-side by a father for his identical twin girls. His intent was to address their constant fighting over everything, but inadvertently, the twins ended up fighting over who would get what side.

On my second visit, we made two trips to Tybee Island. I gained a whole new appreciation for the beach (partly due to it being a part of the Atlantic coast where the ocean is not freezing cold), and I was treated to a dolphin sighting and a pelican show.

Of course, you can’t visit the South without eating. My vote for best food goes to The Ross Place. Sorry, but you won’t find it on Google. It’s my sister’s place where my brother-in-law spoils me, and the rest of the family, with fabulous meals of everything from fancy hamburgers to Moroccan pork to a shrimp and sausage boil.

I can’t wait to go back!