Savannah Sights

Visiting downtown, historic Savannah is always a place of such diversity. There are many tourists, alongside the art students, alongside the special guests of the art college, alongside business people, and the artsy/hippie type, alongside the other locals.

Jen, Liliana, and I had lunch and tea at the Gryphon, which is a fancy tea room owned by SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design), packed with large parties of people dressed quite nicely (suits, dresses, &c.) Since we did not have reservations, we were sat outside on the sidewalk, which ended up being such an enjoyable leisurely lunch. We had a lot of people to look at, sitting across the street from the original Savannah College of Art and Design building. We ate turkey, apple and brie sandwiches, cucumber salad, chicken and veggies, and shared a pot of Earl Grey. I love how the check was brought to us tucked inside an old book, like a bookmark, along with two coconut macaroons.
The "Book Lady Bookstore" is not far from the tea room, so we took a walk and I spent some time in there. The store is in the basement, with creaky wood floors, cramped spaces, a staircase packed with books, and a cool old typewriter. All the qualities a bookstore should have.
We also went inside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. It's a beautiful, white cathedral, the tallest in the city I think. A lot of visitors stop here because the outside of the building is so beautiful. Inside is even more ornate, and I forgot I was in Savannah. It felt like we could have been in an Italian city.