tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post4327288270082162693..comments2024-02-28T06:21:13.077-05:00Comments on The Redolent Mermaid: Travel: Savannah, GeorgiaTheRedolentMermaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-62968862393262927312018-07-31T19:41:25.943-04:002018-07-31T19:41:25.943-04:00Hell yes! We can go to Kattegat!!! Hell yes! We can go to Kattegat!!! TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-48752330339010352712018-07-31T19:39:45.024-04:002018-07-31T19:39:45.024-04:00And I agree, Deb. Kevin should blog! I would love ...And I agree, Deb. Kevin should blog! I would love to read his adventures. TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-49007501344763913682018-07-31T19:39:20.214-04:002018-07-31T19:39:20.214-04:00Oh my gosh Kevin!!!! What an insanely chaotic expe...Oh my gosh Kevin!!!! What an insanely chaotic experience!!! That does sound like my hellish camping trip. But hellish Savannah trip is even worse because good money was spent on that!!!! At least camping was a cheap traumatic experience. Oh man. Lightening? Power outages? Flu? Awful. We walked by the Mansion. Ooooo boy. Seriously haute. My sister-in-law visited Savannah and didn't care for it either, but she didn't like NOLA or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter so I try not to listen. I never thought of Savannah as being Disneyfied. Too many road apples and reeking dumpsters and pervasive urine odors but it was very gentrified and I get that. Too old money or something. It made for a fun experience. We probably won't be vacationing there again though like we do in the Smoky Mountains. Memphis! That sounds terribly cool. I am intrigued by so many places but not enough time or money. I think we decided that next year will be the Blue Ridge Mountains. I need to see mountains again. And hopefully you won't have any more disastrous vacations again. My poor Kevin!TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-74787467069654353612018-07-31T19:32:14.606-04:002018-07-31T19:32:14.606-04:00Thank you, Jay! The spookiness is there for sure. ...Thank you, Jay! The spookiness is there for sure. But that made it fun. When I start planning my NOLA trip I will hit you up for some suggestions. TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-43036642327411375862018-07-30T14:16:53.667-04:002018-07-30T14:16:53.667-04:00I did not know the Gracie story before seeing your...I did not know the Gracie story before seeing your pic but I looked it up immediately after.<br /><br />Yes, I need a pro-traveler to take me fun places. Good thing you and I are booked for Germany, England, Ireland, all of Scandinavia....<br /><br />~DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658958620972494748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-47880243068051970982018-07-30T14:14:51.930-04:002018-07-30T14:14:51.930-04:00LOL! Lordee, Kevin, with the adventures you have ...LOL! Lordee, Kevin, with the adventures you have YOU should be a blogger!<br /><br />~DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658958620972494748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-27417684319288295062018-07-30T10:19:23.958-04:002018-07-30T10:19:23.958-04:00I vacationed in Savannah approximately ten years a...I vacationed in Savannah approximately ten years ago with a friend. The trip was much like your camping trip in the hinterlands last year with no end of drama. The flight that proceeded us at the airport was hit by lightning and our flight in was akin to being in a rock tumbler for 45 minutes. We were there for St. Patrick's Day, the biggest celebration of its kind in the nation. Had dinner at the Mansion on Forsyth Park which is where we stayed, absolutely beautiful.15 minutes after we sat down, there was a massive power outage. So we had dinner in the dark, much like those crazy gourmand restaurants you may have heard about. The power remained off all night and the entire St. Patrick's Day event downtown was cancelled, HUGE financial loss for the city. Later in the trip we dined at the Pink House and the waiter kept sitting at our table, discussing his personal problems. Hmmm. The temperature took a dive on our last day and I ended up getting the flu from waking around the river walk in a little pair of shorts and a t shirt. I was slightly disappointed in Savannah; a little too clean and Disneyfied for my tastes. I prefer the trashier Southern venues like Memphis! I went to a swap meet there that will forever haunt my dreams...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150016334256943355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-83389633941786780002018-07-30T08:35:33.129-04:002018-07-30T08:35:33.129-04:00These are my favorite photos you've ever poste...These are my favorite photos you've ever posted, beautiful and interesting each in it's own right regardless of ppl or location. But you do make the city look wonderfully spooky. Yes we've been to Nola, it was even more laid-back than Savannah if you can imagine.Jaybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849863681125100236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-49690920527194334862018-07-28T14:10:14.552-04:002018-07-28T14:10:14.552-04:00Thank you! That is very very sweet to hear. Savann...Thank you! That is very very sweet to hear. Savannah was a really cool town. Everyone was nice and the sights and foods were pretty great. It makes me want to visit New Orleans next. <br /><br />Basically, Adam heard children laughing who were not there. Our very first night he was climbing up the stairs to come to bed and he heard kids laughing. It was late at night. Our girls go to bed around 8:30pm. Once he got about halfway up the stairs he said the children stopped laughing... he thought it was the girls who heard him climbing the creaking stairs. So he goes and checks on them but they are fast asleep. Like mouth open, drooling, snoring asleep... not the kind you pull when you are faking it. So he comes to bed freaked out and cannot sleep at all the first night. But he didn't even tell me about his encounter until we got back home to Lakeland. We aren't really ghosties. We are both skeptical about them so for him to tell me that was pretty crazy. <br /><br />I am all about cats and books and herbs in my drinks too. The good things.TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-15879431431677554472018-07-27T17:19:48.798-04:002018-07-27T17:19:48.798-04:00Julie, your photos are just phenomenal. If I didn...Julie, your photos are just phenomenal. If I didn't know you weren't rocking about nine million other things in your life already, I'd say you should add semi-professional photographer to the list. Really, this travelogue is so beautiful, I want to go Savannah immediately. :)<br /><br />Encounter? Please do tell more; I ain't afraid of no ghosts. ;) That house is utterly gorgeous, though - what a beautiful area. And I think I might want to just move into that bookstore, it's so wonderful! Kitties and shabby chic furniture and books and coziness - how lovely. And I'd also like a lavender mocha now, please and thank you, it sounds incredible. More herbal infusions and what have you in all beverages, also please and thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320833098339108738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-38041482401820974692018-07-25T16:29:54.561-04:002018-07-25T16:29:54.561-04:00It is terribly sad. Do you know the story? About t...It is terribly sad. Do you know the story? About the little girl, only child, who passed away while the parents were staying in Savannah? They buried her there and left for Connecticut so she is all alone in Savannah. <br /><br />Vacationing with family and friends is definitely more fun. It gives you more people to hang out with and have experiences with if someone doesn't want to do a particular thing. Just go off with someone else. It helps to have things planned too. To book things and research things to do. I am a good traveler. I will go with you. TheRedolentMermaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12025330454820306972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810618299009561680.post-32720132746125874742018-07-25T07:43:40.151-04:002018-07-25T07:43:40.151-04:00Great pics. That Gracie grave is so sad. :( And...Great pics. That Gracie grave is so sad. :( And how fun that you always have someone to go on vacation with you guys. I think one reason hubby and I don't go anywhere is because we feel awkward and isolated in new places and tend to not do much.<br /><br />~DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658958620972494748noreply@blogger.com