Savannah part 2

 The town of Savannah was laid out on plan drawn by Major Oglethorpe. (remember him from St Simons?) It consist of 20 something existing squares interspersed in the city. Makes for nice residential design, not so good for autos. Very tight and congested and parking an absolute premium. The houses/mansions are very nice, some quite large. Of course there are plenty of live oaks.

 The river front area is also very nice. A big difference between Savannah and St Augustine. In the latter the old building while containing shops, they were of the "tourist trap" variety. In Savannah they are restaurants and everyday type shop. The streets are 'paved' with ship ballast stones. A nice area that the locals frequent.

 Being the south, of course cotton was king...

 As if Savannah did not have enough to talk about from history, there is always the movies. Midnight in the Garden of good and evil, Forrest Gump, Something to talk about and many others were filmed in downtown area. Remember Forest;s girlfriend Jenny? Remember toward  the end she was a waitress? Well this was the restaurant used for that scene...

 The park bench Tom Hanks as Forest sat on as well as statue from cover of Midnight in garden of good and evil are now in museums. Idiots kept trying to steal them. Weather permitting, more to come.