Savannah GA and Charleston SC

From Talledega, we headed to Savannah GA. This city truly embodies the South. Spanish Moss hangs from the huge Live Oak trees. Savannah has a 2 1/2 square mile historic district that is protected and has a large number of antebellum (pre-civil war) houses still there, fully restored. Our first day we spent on a tour trolley going around the historic district. We spent a day and 1/2 on walking tours of the area. One tour was a civil war tour, talking about why Savannah wasn't burned by Sherman and the importance of economics and Savannah during the civil war. We took a second tour during the late night called the "Ghost tour" It was fun to walk around the old houses and buildings at 10 P.M. but we didn't see any ghosts (ha ha!). Our third tour was a tour of the places involved in the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Today (May 1) we drove to Charleston SC and went down to Old City Market this afternoon. This is an old building used as a slave selling area which has been converted into a stall market. There was a little of everything. We walked down to the Cooper River and then ate seafood (Roy had fried oysters - yuk!!). Tomorrow we are going to Ft. Sumter and the Citadel.