Savannah

We all got up early and set off to catch the bus. We knew that it would take us into the centre and that would be where all the main attractions were.

When we got there we were at the bottom of River street which is one of the main streets in Savannah which runs along side of the water.

SS Savannah

Boy playing the ukulele

We noticed throughout the day that there were a lot of signs up and around Savannah discouraging panhandling.

We saw a very nice restaurant called Huey’s so we all went in for some brunch.

  Where Dad and Sean had egg Benedict which Sean had never had before but really enjoyed it, Jo and I had Pain Perdue which i found really nice especially with lots of syrup on. After having a few more coffees and lemonades we set off on a walk down Bull street which is where most of the squares are situated and it has been voted one of the top ten walking streets in America.

It was very picturesque with lots of monuments of people who had died in wars mainly fighting against us surrounded by very nice houses.

  But the best square of all that is situated in Savannah is that which featured in Forest Gump.

But unfortunately they had taken the bench away and put it into a museum but they hadn’t  replaced it so we had to improvise and just sit on the wall.

We then went up to the city market which used to be the place where slaves were bought and sold but now it is full of bars, restaurants and shops, we spotted a very nice sweet shop so we went inside to have a look around also to cool off as it was very hot and we all tried the ice cream which was delicious.

We then headed back to River street which was quite busy at that time because there was a protest happening about Obama.

There was a free bus, tram and ferry service in Savannah so we decided that we would go along River street on the streetcar as they call it here.

Dotty the tram

We looked around a few of the shops which have really funny t-shirts for sale. We then saw a restaurant called the shrimp factory which sounded like the perfect place to eat considering the local speciality is shrimp. Jo and I had shrimp and scallop tortellini, Dad had half a pound of shrimp and Sean stuck with a chicken sandwich which turned out to be a chicken burger.

We went for a walk along the the river and we saw a statue of something so we went to look what it was and it turned out to be the Olympic flame it was there because Savannah hosted the sailing section of the Olympics in 1996.

Olympic flame

We then continued our shopping but still not buying anything we then went for one last drink in a bar which ended up being more than one because we got trapped inside as a big storm  had occurred outside.

When it was just a bit of drizzle we went and got a taxi back because we had missed the last bus back to the Isle of Hope as they weren’t very frequent anyway.

When we got back we watched a few more Simpsons episodes with some snacks and drinks and then decided to go to bed.

 

Alex Penney