Smiles in Savannah

I can’t say enough about Savannah, Ga.  It is a place we have always wanted to visit and it really lived up to our expectations.
It is a city rich in history, beautiful architecture and deep Irish heritage.

In 2012 Savannah had the largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the history of the country with 1.2 million people attending.
Our first stop was Forsyth Park which occupies 30 acres in the historic district and consists of a beautiful fountain and the Confederate Memorial. It is also in this park where the scene from “Forest Gump” when he was sitting on the park bench talking to the elderly lady was filmed.

We loved walking down the brick and cobblestone streets and admiring the historic homes and the arches over the streets formed from the giant live oak trees covered with moss.
   

After wandering through several of the 13 squares in the historic district we walked down to the harbor front.  We were fortunate to explore this rich city with our good friends Tom and Carol Sykes who were also spending some time here.  Here we are waiting for Barry Kelly’s Irish Pub to open because no time with them would be complete without gathering for a cold beer.
 
We got tired of waiting for it to open so we went to Moon River Brewing for lunch and a cold one.

The waterfront was lined with several shops, restaurants, WWII Memorial, and the best candy shop.


From here we walked through the historic district up to the city market where we stopped for another beer (seems like a pattern developing) and listened Billy Greer from the group “Kansas” sing “Dust in the Wind”.
We enjoyed the city so much that we decided to go back a few days later and this time Barry Kelly’s had just opened for the day. It is one of the true Irish Pubs in Savannah. 

Another stop was St. John the Baptist Cathedral….

followed by a stop at Fire Headquarters and the Firefighters Memorial which by the way was on Floyd St.

This does not touch on even a portion of the sights we saw or the photos we took. 



Historic Savannah is also where much of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” was filmed.  Now I will have to watch the movie and we will surely revisit this city!