Savannah Wanderings, Part II

For our final day in Savannah, we skipped the free hotel breakfast and went to Goose Feathers Cafe.  When we got there, the line was out the door, but it moved along quickly enough.  If you happen to go to Savannah, brave whatever line there may be - it was well worth the relatively short wait, in my opinion.  Goose Feathers serves breakfast and lunch, and although we ate breakfast there, I would have been more than willing to eat lunch there as well.

After breakfast, we began the second day of Savannah wandering, and went to City Market, where we purchased a carriage tour.  We had a little bit of time before the tour began, so we did poke around a bit in the City Market shops.  There are a few little art galleries nearby, and the Savannah Candy Kitchen drew our attention as well for its wide variety of sweets.

Our carriage tour was fun, and over far too quickly.  My general experience with carriage tours has been the same whereever I've been, and Savannah is a city that is ideally suited for a short history lesson via carriage tour.  It's also a good way to give your feet some respite, and to entertain children, should you have any.  The tour took us through a few squares and by some other points of interest.

After the tour ended, we walked down Broughton Street, which is the main shopping thoroughfare in old Savannah, and found ourselves at Leopold's.  Leopold's originally got a vote for one of the best places to eat, but I overruled the vote, since we only ate ice cream there.  That said, Leopold's makes their own ice cream and has been around since 1918, and I can attest that they are doing something right.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the ice cream, and the atmosphere isn't too bad either, walls covered with posters of various films and film paraphernalia scattered throughout the shop.

Leopold's even has the cool old-timey sign.

Re-energized after the ice cream, we made our way to the Owens-Thomas house for a historical home tour.  The family pricing in this case turned out to be a bargain.  A family of four was $40, which included entrance to the Telfair Museum and the Jepson Center.  The tour was interesting, although I do get aggravated by the "no pictures" mandate that many such places have.  Still, even the kids enjoyed it, and the house had several unusual features.

The garden of the Owens-Thomas House.

Unfortunately, my wife (who will henceforth be known as "Irish Frog") fell and hurt her ankle, so after the house tour, our activities were somewhat limited.  I went back to Broughton for a few last shopping visits (our favorites on Broughton were the Paris Market, which has an interesting variety of knick knacks, books, soaps and lotions, as well as food goodies; and The Savannah Bee Company, which has honey and mead tastings, and a number of goods made with honey or beeswax.  Unique shops, and recommended if you visit the city.

We closed out the day with a trip to Desposito's, which is outside of historic Savannah on the way to Tybee Island.  Low key doesn't begin to describe the place, but the food is good.  As far as I could tell, the only way you would find it would be to know that it was there and you were looking for it.  Finishing off our trip with a round of Savannah seafood seemed to be the right thing to do, and with that we headed back to the hotel and packed for home.