Linda Androlia
sunstonetours@aol.com
Itinerary: Historic
Antebellum South
Sailing Date: April, 2007
Age: 50ish
Occupation: travel agent
Number of Cruises: zillion
American Spirit - Historic
Antebellum South - May 2007
I so thoroughly enjoyed my cruise, it presented a real
attitude adjustment from what I expected. I had been to
Charleston and Savannah before, so I wasn’t expecting
too much. But I had not been in Savannah and Charleston
the way we did it, arriving by ship.
St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island, Beaufort, never heard
of these places. Approached them with a ho hum attitude,
yet every one of these unique, out of the way, never
heard of, quaint little locations are now added to my
life long "want to live for one month" list.
Maybe it is the fact that we were presented with lessons
in history, architecture, geography, and wildlife that
made each destination so interesting. Maybe it is the
fact that arriving into town by ship has a romanticism
all it's own. Maybe it is that we got the inside track
from our onboard naturalists, go to Leopold's in
Savannah for tutti frutti ice cream, check out the
Forest Gump chocolate shop in Beaufort, buy a sea grass
bowl, as they will be an investment for the future,
watch for the dolphin downspouts in Charleston.
Maybe it was, the excellent food, the outstanding
service, and my cute cabin with a big picture window.
Maybe it was not having to fly half way around the world
to a foreign port that made it so easy. Maybe it was our
naturalists who knew everything and was always with us
teaching what they knew.
Whatever it was…I thoroughly enjoyed this cruise
Linda Androlia
