The next morning we stood in line for breakfast. The wait was well worth it – the almond croissant and cream cheese danish was divine. From there we began our trolly tour.
We hopped on and off all day long. Exploring the city in between stops. Natali still wasn’t feeling very well so we took lots of breaks, took tons of pictures, and just loved the old buildings.
We walked through local farmers market, toured the Mercer Williams House, saw First African Baptist with its red door letting everyone know the building is entirely paid off, saw a snapping turtle, and loved the Southern Oaks and all the vines growing on buildings and stairs.
We needed a break from the trolly so we stopped an toured the Scarborough House and Ships of the sea Maritime museum. The place was nearly empty; a wonderful reprieve from the crowds all over town and on the trolly. The house was my favorite part, especially the rounded doors to fit in the rounded walls. We explored the gardens and watched moms set up for prom. We were ready for some southern treats, so we headed to the candy store.
Pralines and caramel goophers were worth the stop. We ate as we walked down to the shore. By the river was the Cotton Exchange building it was cool to see the special bridges connecting the different stores to the alley where all the cotton was brought. From there the purchasers would bid and the winner would have the cotton delivered right to their store’s back door. Pretty cool history – sort of unsightly today but interesting.
We stopped at the oldest structure in Georgia (1734) which is a part of the Pirate House, a restaurant that was frequented by pirates in the time of Robert Louis Stevenson. It was in this restaurant listening to pirates where he gleaned some ideas for “Treasure Island.”
We managed to walk quite a bit over the course of the day and Natali was exhausted, so we took a quick nap and headed to Cotton and Rye for dinner. We ordered 5 side dishes. The cornbread was delicious but sadly the rest was not as good as expected. On the drive back Natali really wanted to try the famous Leopold’s Ice Cream, but she didn’t want to stand in line (we had seen the line all the way down the block and around the corner earlier in the day). On a stroke of genius, I looked online and found that you could preorder and go pick it up. So we placed and order, drove back to our hotel, walked to the ice cream place, cut in front of dozens of people and enjoyed some delicious ice cream. 
At that point Natali was ready to stay down so we returned to our place and watched a movie before dropping off to sleep but not before I managed to get a picture of the creepy/hilarious mirror.
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