Savannah II

The Waving Girl Statue greets sailors sailing into the Savannah port with their ships from all over the world. Legend says, that she was the sister of the light house keeper. She waved to all the ships coming by, hoping that it was the one that her fiance, a sailor was working on. Except, he never came back. 

I guess, deep down she knew that his ship had sunk, but she kept on waiting and waving to every single boat passing the light house. For 40 years. 

The sailors got accustomed to seeing her year after year and liked being welcomed to Savannah.

When she died this huge statue was put up, which is still greeting everybody arriving from the ocean.

Savannah is full of stories like this.

  

Eric Singer

Whenever I am gone for a few days, husband and the kids are up to the oddest things... 

I am positive that daughter was the youngest person at that concert...

...but she did wear huge ear protection.

Pictures by R. T.

Tybee Island, Ga

If there is one beach my family knows well, it is Tybee Island, Savannah.

Having lived here for 3 years we know everything about it. Where to park, where to buy the sandwiches and fried chicken for the beach picnic, when there are the least amount of people and where to find star fish, sand dollars and other creatures. 

This is the swing I sat in with son when he was 3 days old. At that time I had no idea how to care for a baby. But I knew that he was the most wonderful little boy I had ever seen.

 

Savannah, Georgia

Our last vacation days were spent in Savannah. To me, it is the most magical of all American cities and, as always, I was so smitten that I couldn't even take one picture. All pictures below were taken by husband.

The oldest building in Georgia is the Pirate House. It used to be a tavern and housed mainly sailors and pirates. There is still the underground tunnel from the restaurant to the Savannah River, that the smugglers used. The ceilings in the rooms are low, the wooden floors crocked. There are lots of little nocks and hidden doors. 

Supposebly, Captain Flint died in one of the rooms upstairs. The Pirate House is mentioned several times in Robert Stevenson's book "Treasure Island".

Captiva Island

I had another "perfect summer day" in the middle of winter. Except this time, the whole family and Grandma got to spend it with me. We started on the beach of Captiva Island, went to the "Bubble Room" and soaked up as much "island life" as possible.

The sun and the waves, the dolphins and the cranes will hopefully tie me over till the next time I get to have my perfect day.

American Tradition

See the gigantic bowl of ice cream daughter is eating?

That is not something I would normally let her do. Sure, she can have ice-cream, but I wouldn't add chocolate syrup to it and there also wouldn't be any whip cream.
However, I will ease up on my rules of good nutrition whenever husband looks at me and says "but it is an American tradition!".
It seems that it is an American traditon, that when coming from the beach, one has to make a stop at Dairy Queen and order what one's heart desires. Daughter desired a gigantic Banana Split. She is a big fan of American Traditons.

Ding Darling, Sanibel Island

A large part of Sanibel Island, Florida consists of "Ding Darling" a national wildlife refuge. You can walk through there (it will take you a day) or drive (doesn't quite work, does it? Driving through a wildlife refuge doesn't seem right) or rent a bike and ride (you will be able to flee if you see an alligator moving towards you) - in my eyes the only way to go.

Confusing her father with a horse, daughter was the only one not tired after the 12 mile ride.

We saw interesting looking birds, raccons playing, turtels and snakes. The kids claim they saw alligators. (Wishful thinking and old rotten logs?)