After decades of neglect and decrepitude, Savannah finally realized the value of its history and started restoring some of its beautiful old architecture to its former glory. I'm impressed by the riverfront, where the old warehouse buildings have been turned into restaurants, shops and other tourist hangouts without wiping out the historic interest. It's a nice place to spend a weekend afternoon, at least if you can ignore the big, ugly Hyatt that some idiot allowed to be built in the middle of it all. Mostly I remember it for an ice cream sundae that was topped by a live sparkler. I'd hate for you to think that my travel is all glamour and excitement.
Some trips are memorable precisely because they're so forgettable.
Clearly this wasn't so. In fact, major parts were still in the works . My second thought was that I was in some kind of Disneyland-inspired Hell where everything was a mall and what little ethnic culture existed was prepackaged in plastic. I did eventually discover something resembling a real community, although it too was new and sparkling.