Savannah is such a pretty city! I loved all of the live oak trees hanging with Spanish moss. It felt like we were driving through tunnels because of it's thick covering. The houses and downtown neighborhoods were beautiful. Savannah was America's first planned city, and was designed with a series of neighborhoods centered around 24 squares.
Forsyth Park sits on the edge of the historic district with it's pretty fountain built in 1858.
A memorial to the confederate dead.
Chippewa square is where the famous bench was from the movie Forrest Gump, but the bench isn't there anymore because it was a movie prop. There are flowers there now instead.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was beautiful. The outside was having construction done on it though, so I didn't get any outside pictures of the magnificent structure.
Brendan's sister, Taryn, recommended Starland cafe for lunch. It had some delicious food.
I love bakeries, so I like to stop at them whenever I can. I saw this cute one while driving by and had to take a peek. It was called Back in the Day Bakery. I picked up some yummy cupcakes for the kids.
Watching salt water taffy being pulled, cut, and wrapped on an old fashioned machine.
These historic stairs with the original cobblestone lead down to River Street.
We had to stop at Paula Deen's restuarant and store, The Lady & Sons, to get some southern food.
Tybee Island
Tybee Island is only 20 minutes outside of Savannah. If you've ever seen the movie the Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth it was filmed here. I remember seeing the cheesy movie and wondering where it was at because it was a really pretty location. They were actually filming for a Spongebob movie when we were there. I guess there is a part where they go onshore in the movie. It was really dead when we went and the grill on the pier was closed and not many people were out and about, but it was pretty. We were going o go on a dophin tour, but they didn't have enough people so it was cancelled. We just walked around for a while and grabbed something to eat and got back on the road.
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