After a leisurely breakfast at home we headed downtown to check out the sites. Found parking in a garage and signed up for a trolley tour that included a tour of the Prohibition Museum and a harbor tour on the Georgia Queen. (We used Old Town Trolley Tours.)

Since the Prohibition Museum was right there in front of us and the harbor tour wasn’t until 12:30 we figured we may as well go through that while we were there. It was a wax museum that depicted different situations during prohibition. There were flyers and newspapers and scenes the really showed what living during that time was like. It was way more interesting than any of us thought it was going to be. None of were overly excited about going into it but we all came out glad we did. So glad the lady bundled that in with our trolley tour or we would’ve totally just passed it on by.

While walking around the river front killing time until boarding at 12:30 for the harbor tour we ran across a local artist displaying some beautiful canvases. Jean Claude Martin is from Haiti, discovering his talent around 11 years old he said. Moved here when he was 26 and has been selling his work ever since. He has a laid back personality with a wonderful spirit and, as his work showed, is an amazing artist. We were immediately drawn to one of his larger works he called “Haitian Marketplace.” Since we were on our way to the riverboat we told him we’d catch him on the way back.

A cold adult beverage was our first stop up on deck 4. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and we had a nice breeze (although it did get a bit warm in the direct sun). Our guide narrated most of the trip up and down the harbor, the information making it much more than just a day on the water. He gave us all kinds of history as well as current trivia and we even saw quite a few dolphins swimming around as well. It was a very nice 90 minute, relaxing cruise.

Back to Jean Claude … in the end we walked away with not one, but two of his works. Can’t wait to get home and find places for them to live. More unique souvenirs!! And these will remind us of both the Caribbean and Savannah.

After putting the paintings in the car we walked around City Hall and picked up a few goodies before resuming the trolley tour. This tour has 15 stops and takes you all around the city – it as well being a fully narrated tour. All the drivers we had (I think there were 4) were wonderful. Highly recommend Told Town Trolley Tours if you’re visiting downtown Savannah.

We got off at the last stop about 5:30 and walked (more walking, I think we were over 4 miles at this point) around looking for a dinner spot. After several places we gave thumbs down to we ended up at Savannah Seafood Shack. I can’t say it’s a dive but I really wouldn’t call it a restaurant either – it’s, well like the name says, a place to get good food, a shack. Bob and Cindy both got the Low Country Boil and John and I ordered the shrimp tacos. This place was a zoo!! But they’ve got their system down and obviously it works well for them. The line to get in pretty much stayed out the door the entire time we were there. The prices were very reasonable and the food was outstanding! They’ve been voted best low country boil in Savannah and been featured on the Food Network, Travel Channel and Cooking Channel. For good reason. Amazing!

John is the ice cream connoisseur in our group. There is a famous ice cream spot just feet from Savannah Seafood. Sigh. We’re all so full it’s really the last thing we want at the moment but how can we come this far and not go to Leopold’s? Um, well when we got a look at the line to get in that told us how. Wow!! As much as we wanted to try this place I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. So we headed back to City Hall where we knew there was a little ice cream/gelato spot beside the pizza place.

Sitting at a little table enjoying our ice cream and people watching. Oh what fun!!

Next day …