Day 17 Lots of walking

After breakfast I set off in my raincoat wearing my hat and gloves to walk along the top section of the Savannah map- along the river. A very light mist and you could barely see the bridge or downstream. I did walk through a few shops down there and made the mistake of buying some praline and chocolate covered nuts. Both were not up to Australian standard! (horrid)

I stopped for a cup of tea at 11 at a lovely little French café up on the plateau, after once again nearly coming to grief on some of the wonky old steps. Delicious hot tea. After that was finished I set off for St John’s Episcopal Church. The stain glass windows were worth the long walk. I had a long ecumenical chat with the guide. 

From here I continued my long walk to the Savannah History Museum, past even more movie people- what a surprise? What was a surprise was the fabulous “Loyalty and Liberty Tour”.  The young man who was the character actor was just brilliant and made the whole “Battle of Savannah” in 1779 come to life. 800 dead from ‘our’ side- an absolute slaughter. But from this and preceding defeats came eventual victory over the British 4 years later. The interactive tour which alone took one hour, just not sure there were Australians on the field fighting?

They also had a small exhibition of coverlets and quilts. Next to that was an exhibition on Juliette Gordon Low- one of the founders of the girl guides. 

Then for the long walk back via the SCAD museum because I was told they had a textile section- “No they don’t”, but it was on the way home. By now the mist was rain and umbrella time. 

I went via the main shopping area and stopped for a very late lunch at 3:30 at “Flying Monk” noodle shop. A mountain of fried rice and chicken with tons of coriander and onions. Needless to say the coriander and onion were hauled out and left behind. Half of the meal had to be boxed up. 

The rain was much heavier, so it was a direct walk back to the hotel. Arriving at 4:30 I thought I was going to be super early tonight until I spent 20 minutes looking for my hotel internet card > desk for another> and up again. Then I had a long battle with my camera cards. Mid way my card reader died! Luckily I had the camera cord. Then I couldn’t find the photos from the battle tour. Eventually found that I had picked up the wrong card out of my bag. All solved, but it took so much extra time, that it is back to normal downloading time!

Only one day left. I’m hoping today’s rain clears so I can get on the paddle steamer tomorrow? Actually running slightly ahead of the usual dreadfully late, but my eyeballs are having a hard time.