Savannah

My sister and I decided to take a road trip to visit Savannah, Georgia. Before the trip, I was in Target picking up some snacks, and I saw the Glee CDs so I bought them to listen to on the road.
Our first stop was at the Old Fort Jackson, which was used during the Civil War as a defense for the city. They fire off the canons in a demonstration every day at 2 PM.

We walked River street, and I was amazed through the whole trip how the Civil War was referred to as the War Between the States or the War of Northern Aggression on plaques and in tours. We ate a really good dinner at a place on the waterfront, in a restored building, and then got some gelato.


The next day we got a good breakfast, and then went on the trolley tour around the city.

It was cool to hear about the historic sites, and see the different "wards" and the statues in the squares. One of the interesting things was hearing how the Savannah College of Art and Design had restored so many of the historic buildings and were using them for classrooms and other buildings. After the trolley tour was over, we walked back through some of the sites. We got to see the Savannah History Museum, which had some quilts on exhibit. We also saw a maritime museum, which had model boats. The cool part of that museum was the house it was in :) We then went to a Southern Variety Show where the performers sang some great music.


The third day we went to the aquarium, which wasn't quite what we were expecting. But it had a nice walk out to the intercoastal waterway. Then we went to the Civil Rights Museum. It was a really good museum. They had a tour guide who explained how the right to vote was taken away with silly rules, like guessing how many red marbles were in a jar. No matter what the answer, it was always wrong. There was also an exhibit that explained how students were trained to participate peacefully in a protest. It was a skit that showed how polite behavior was required even if the police or others did mean things to the protesters. It reminded me of a skit we would do for standards night. We then cooled off by watching a movie, and then we went back up to River street to eat dinner and ride on a riverboat. On the riverboat they put on a murder mystery, which was pretty entertaining.

On our way home, we drove by Tybee Island Lighthouse. It was really interesting because the lighthouse keepers home had been restored. We got to see the furnishings and hear about the restoration process. Then we climbed to the top of the lighthouse.

It was a great trip. Savannah is a beautiful city, and it was fun to walk around.

Bowling

My roommate always impressed me by being able to take short trips and enjoy her weekends to the fullest. I was able to tag along sometimes, and really enjoyed it. This spring we didn't really do much traveling together, and she realized that there was only one weekend we would both be in town before my wedding. So she decided that she should put together a bridal shower. Since I am vehemently opposed to lame games, we agreed to get dessert and then depending on who came, maybe go bowling or see a movie or something fun. When I was in high school, Gypsy's Shiny Diner was a fun place to get a shake. So we went there because it was also close to a bowling place and the movie theater.
Then we went bowling, where our goal was to collectively get over 200. We have decided that bowling alley is not a good place because the music was not conducive to getting good scores :)




Since it took us such a short amount of time to complete a terrible bowling game, we went to see Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland.
All in all, a great weekend.

Hershey

I went to Pennsylvania to visit my best friend and her family. It was a great trip. They have this great way of including me as part of the family that I really enjoy. We got to go to the gym and do a class, and then watch her daughter in swimming lessons. My best friend taught me how to knit, and I completed my first project, a winter hat. I also got started on a blanket. I got to play outside with her kids. We took a trip down to Hershey PA and got to see how chocolate was made. We also had a great sandwich, it was on a pretzel roll. Really amazing.

I wish I May

I will admit, the last 6 weeks have gone by very very quickly. So this is me, trying to catch up on all that has happened.

My sister came home from Germany on April 28, and her boyfriend flew out. Tim came for a two week visit, and my brother came up from Charlotte. So it was a big Sunday dinner that first Sunday.

My other sister came home for a visit once school ended.

One of the things Tim and I did while he was visiting was to get a marriage license. We saw a couple at the courthouse in a suit and a nice cream dress, so they might have been heading off immediately to their wedding.

I painted my bedroom. This was a weeklong undertaking because I had previously painted the trim black. Memo to self.... no matter how cool black trim sounds, it is a pain to repaint.

I packed up my life. I had thought maybe I would ship things to Japan, but then I couldn't really decide what to ship. So I just packed three suitcases, one for the honeymoon, and two for Japan.

The rest of May I took trips, which was totally fun. I will write about those in separate posts.