Last day of Wonder, first day of Savannah

For our final day, we debated whether to go to breakfast on the ship, or to just depart as soon as we could so that we could get a start on driving. I decided that since were were assigned to first seating (at Tritons again) we should go ahead and go...it was our last chance for "free" food, and we got to say goodbye 1 final time to our servers. As it turned out, the ship didn't have the all clear to disembark until about 10 minutes before we finished breakfast, so it worked out well.

We had our carry-ons with us, so we gathered them up and headed off the ship. A porter helped find our stuff (and, as a side note- when we were listening to the announcements about what you could and couldn't take through customs, they said "no opened packaged food". And I remembered the morning of our departure that I'd packed our trail mix- which I brought on the ship, as the cruise terminal parking lot warned of ant infestation if you left food in the car- in our luggage the night before. After looking through all our luggage, we found it...and the porter told us that, no, it was fine to take that through customs. So we repacked and were off). We were all sad to leave the ship (the girls tell us every day that they want to go back) and it was a bit rainy, so it was a bit of a gloomy start for our trip to Savannah.

We made better time than we thought though, and as we were driving into downtown, we were struck by how beautiful it was. I think most of the people we met there were from somewhere else, and it's easy to see why. We decided to go ahead and get lunch at the Pirates House (we'd read mixed reviews about the food but figured the atmosphere would be cool). It turned out to be decent food, and a lot of fun looking around the restaurant. The kids menus had punch out pirate hats, with mustache earring and coins, so that was a big hit.

We then drove to the Juliet Gordon Lowe birthplace (as parents to a Daisy/soon to be Brownie, and a soon to be Daisy Scout, we figured it was the place to go). Rebecca was a little bored, I think, but Isabelle enjoyed it, and they both enjoyed wandering around in the garden. We decided to walk around the downtown area, stopping at a cafe for drinks, and then walking over to the Cathedral (which was gorgeous!). They were getting a bit squirrely, and eager to go to the hotel, so started back (walking through a couple of squares- so pretty!).

The hotel was great- we stayed at the Planters Inn, which was right downtown. The staff was very friendly, and we arrived just before their complimentary wine and cheese reception (they do it nightly). I was still really full from lunch, and just hung out in the room and read, but Andrew and the girls went and had lots of good stuff (the girls skipped the wine ;) ).

We hung out and relaxed a bit longer before walking down by the river to look for somwhere to eat dinner. (I forgot to bring the camera!). We ended up at a little greek diner- the girls had sandwiches, and Andrew and I split saganaki, and a greek salad, and the guy behind the counter gave us a complimentary order of calamari. Afterwards, we walked a little longer, until the sky started to darken, and we saw lightning in the distance, and we decided we'd better get back to the hotel! The rain held off until we were back in the room...and we go back just in time for the freshly baked cookies that they had out in the lobby.

It was the girls bedtime, and so we just chilled and read a bit longer in the room.