Shop Till You Drop

Today we bid farewell Savannah, after a little sleep in, breakfast and picking up some food supplies from the local Food Lion, we gassed up and set off.

The plan today was to drive to a town near the Kennedy Space centre, with a stop along the way at St Augustine, which the guide book informed us was the oldest permanent settlement in the USA, and one friendly local said was just like Europe.

It wasn't a long drive to St Augustine, about 2 hours but we did go completely across the state of Georgia and we entered Florida for the first time.   After quickly passing by Jacksonville (we were told the only good thing about that place was the Budweiser brewery which isn't saying much) we arrived in the outskirts of St Augustine which to our surprise had a massive outlet shopping centre.  We needed some lunch so it would have been rude not to pull in and take a look. After a rather surprisingly tasty, cheap lunch we hit the shops.  The plan was only to spend a couple hours shopping, about 3 hours later and a few hundred dollars lighter we pulled out of the parking lot to head into the centre of St Augustine.

The town certainly lived up to it's billing as being very beautiful, and it did have a slight Mediterranean/Spanish feel, there is a massive fortress, lots of old buildings (or new ones made to look old) and just a really nice feel.  The decision was made to have dinner here, so over a couple of good local beers at A1A Ale Works we checked trip advisor for the best local restaurants.  Number one was a place called Collage so we went for that one.

It was a bit fancier than we expected, my car journey tracksuit pants didn't really fit in with the other patrons.  The food was fantastic, I had a very tasty seafood mixed grill.

After dinner we all got back in the car and drove to Titusville,  ready for a big day at the Kennedy Space Centre and the start of our Disney Adventure tomorrow.

Beer of the Day:
A1A Aleworks - Bridge of Lions Brown Ale - Draft, Pint Glass - Nutty, malty with a nice smooth feel going down. Complex enough to make it interesting. Pretty solid brown ale, I enjoyed it.