Savannah, Georgia

I picked up my Mom in Atlanta on Friday, and we were ready to hit the road and drive the 5 hours to Savannah. When we arrived in Savannah, we stayed at this beautiful historic hotel called the Riverstreet Inn right on the Savannah River, which used to be where the city would store and grade the exported cotton.

It was great being in the center of the historic district, which still retains a lot of Oglethorphe’s original city plan, and it was refreshing not to see a Starbucks or CVS on every other corner of the city. All the houses and architecture are just stunning, and so picturesque with all the Live Oaks dripping with Spanish Moss. Apparently, they have very strict rules for what kind of buildings can be in the historic district. Like, if you wanted to build a new home, it had to look exactly like all the other historic buildings.

That night we strolled up and down River Street and went into the most incredible candy store I’ve ever seen, the walls lined with endless choices of old school candy and saltwater taffy, and immediately when we walked in, they handed us warm praline samples. NOM! Remember this… The place is called River Street Sweets. Watch how they make the saltwater taffy:

We had a scrumptious dinner at Huey’s and then I convinced my Mom to take a Moonlight River Cruise on the Savannah River Queen. The cruise was jamming with a live band and a grand total of 13 passengers (the boat must be able to old at least 500 people!)

The next morning, we only had about 4 hours to see the entire city, so we took a history trolley with Old Savannah Tours and saw as much as we could, including the most expensive mansion made entirely of marble and a real-live spotting of Forrest Gump himself… Sans the box of chocolates. Afterwards, we drove to the Victorian District to see the Gingerbread House… a must see! But don’t expect anything like what you read about in Hansel and Gretel. It’s only called Gingerbread because of the ornate porch railing style.

But so beautiful… See more pictures of Savannah here!

Gingerbread House, Savannah