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[girl & kat] A bus driver's advice
Apr. 25th, 2009 04:35 am"And here," announced our Savannah tour guide in a cheery voice. "is
the shop you can get home made candy. Totally delicious, but if you eat
too much, you'll get a stomach ache!"
This, combined with warnings about crossing Bay Street (traffic lights
often optional to drivers) and walking down the stone steps to the
river side (footing often optional to pre-ER visitors) formed the basis
for good advice that afternoon. The only mildly amusing point was that
the above tips was issued multiple times and that myself and friend
were the youngest people on the touring tram. (Apparently on Thursdays
most people don't skip out of work to take a road trip to a historical
town in Georgia). But then, you can't trust anyone with knitting
needles to maintain self-control when confronted with candy, can you?
The tour was actually excellent, giving a great overview of Savannah.
We rattled around the squares admiring the haunted houses, beautiful
cathedrals, grave stones 11 year old boys with 12 year old sons and
discussing the trenches piled with (now) dead (but at the time not so
much) soldiers... I'm detecting an over-arching theme here, but I can't
quite put my finger on what it was. Either way, the afternoon found
myself and my friend going in search of this
sweet shop, chuckling at the wisdom of bus drivers.
The shop did not fail to disappoint. Caramel apples twice the size of
my fist were laid out in rows, each with a different coating of
chocolate and sprinklings. Racks of cookies, piles of truffles and
multiple chocolate covered ... well, who knows really, but how could
you go wrong?
I bought a bag of truffles and a huge ice cream in a giant, chocolate
sprinkled cone with multicoloured "birthday cake" ice cream on top and
pistachio underneath. Unconventional perhaps, but what an inspiration!
I then proceeded to be horribly sick for the rest of the afternoon.
Moral of his story: you're never too old to listen to bus drivers.
But then, it was worth it. Oh yes, trust me, you should have seen this
ice cream.
the shop you can get home made candy. Totally delicious, but if you eat
too much, you'll get a stomach ache!"
This, combined with warnings about crossing Bay Street (traffic lights
often optional to drivers) and walking down the stone steps to the
river side (footing often optional to pre-ER visitors) formed the basis
for good advice that afternoon. The only mildly amusing point was that
the above tips was issued multiple times and that myself and friend
were the youngest people on the touring tram. (Apparently on Thursdays
most people don't skip out of work to take a road trip to a historical
town in Georgia). But then, you can't trust anyone with knitting
needles to maintain self-control when confronted with candy, can you?
The tour was actually excellent, giving a great overview of Savannah.
We rattled around the squares admiring the haunted houses, beautiful
cathedrals, grave stones 11 year old boys with 12 year old sons and
discussing the trenches piled with (now) dead (but at the time not so
much) soldiers... I'm detecting an over-arching theme here, but I can't
quite put my finger on what it was. Either way, the afternoon found
myself and my friend going in search of this
sweet shop, chuckling at the wisdom of bus drivers.
The shop did not fail to disappoint. Caramel apples twice the size of
my fist were laid out in rows, each with a different coating of
chocolate and sprinklings. Racks of cookies, piles of truffles and
multiple chocolate covered ... well, who knows really, but how could
you go wrong?
I bought a bag of truffles and a huge ice cream in a giant, chocolate
sprinkled cone with multicoloured "birthday cake" ice cream on top and
pistachio underneath. Unconventional perhaps, but what an inspiration!
I then proceeded to be horribly sick for the rest of the afternoon.
Moral of his story: you're never too old to listen to bus drivers.
But then, it was worth it. Oh yes, trust me, you should have seen this
ice cream.
