Day 4: SAVANNAH , GEORGIA

Day 4: Savannah – Saturday April 15^th

Saturday, which in the Potocnik household, is the day that Robyn takes the children out very early so Damien can get a sleep-in, started with breakfast at their favourite café and then a play at the park. Damien undertakes a similar routine on Sundays, giving Robyn a sleep-in.

It is a weekly ritual for Thomas to dry all slides for future slidees of the day, with this nifty ‘towel under the feet’ technique.

Then followed further exploration of central Savannah, this time by one of the many hop on- hop off trolley buses that roam the city.  There are also horse and carriage rides a-plenty as well as personalised bike tours (tuk-tuk like), but the trolley was the vehicle most suitable for us.

We passed many of the same sights that we saw the previous day, but at some of them we got off for further examination.

One such site was St John the Baptist Cathedral, a most magnificent cathedral in the centre of the city.

To Roger’s delight, we found the organist rehearsing for the Easter Day mass.  Not one to hold back when it comes to magnificent organs (even more tempting when they are high in a loft), Roger soon found himself up with the organist, chatting away.

Meanwhile Robyn, the children and I wandered the beautiful cathedral and, with his mother’s permission,  I gave Thomas a simplified and very cleaned up crash course in Easter!

From there we went to the river front.  Savannah is home to one of the USA’s largest ports and in the days of the cotton trade it played a major role in the transportation of goods.  The river port area is very reminiscent of The Rocks in Sydney, with quirky old shops full of souvenirs and eats. Damien joined us for a delightful lunch at a French café, we finished our trolley tour and headed for home.