Our first full day in Savannah was spent touring the city. We brought an all day pass on one of the trolley tours, where we could get on and off at various stops in the historic district.

We started our day at breakfast at the hotel, and the less said about that, the better. The tour had passed by a place called the Pirates House, a restaurant highly praised by the driver of our trolley at that time. It's claim to fame was the historic building, one of the oldest in Savannah. Also at one point in time actual pirates used the place in the 18th Century. Greeting us as we went inside is a bar, and we were led though a maze of rooms to our table. The first sign of trouble was the kids wearing paper pirate hats. We should have bolted right then and there. Our order was a lunch soup, salad, sandwich combo. The She Crab soup was ok, maybe a little salty. The lettuce salad and chicken salad sandwich was strictly cafeteria quality. Unfortunately Tammy's salad contained an inch long black hair. Nausea does not really add much to the dining experience, if you ask me. At that point our lunch was over. They took her plate back and the manager came and apologized, and took her meal off the bill, and we made a quick exit. This was definitely a tourist place, and it showed. We were done with Pirates.

Tammy and I continued our exploration of Savannah. We soon came across Leopold's Ice Cream, on Broughton St. Leopold's had a line outside the door, but we lined up and were treated to a very nice grade of quality ice cream. Quite enjoyable, and a welcome change from hairy pirates.

At the end of our day, We decided we wanted something simple. We decided on Vinnie Van Go-Go's, a pizza place on Bryan street, which is in the City Market area. It was simple, and really close to the hotel. The place had atmosphere, but I'm not sure when it was last inspected by the health department or the fire department. The Pizza, however, was quite good, with a nice thin crust, and not greasy.

Our day done, we retreated to the hotel. Tomorrow were will drive outside downtown Savannah to Tybee Island. I just hope there are no pirates there....