Hello Y'all! (That's how they speak here in the deep south!)
We think it's really funny because all the locals say it all the time - "how y'all doing?" and "have a nice day y'all!" We're getting used to it now! Anyway, we arrived in Savannah - home of "Gone with the Wind" and the horse & carriage(!) and were immediately aware of the intense heat - Whew! It was HOT! Fortunately though, an Englishman, Mr James
Oglethorpe, had founded the city of Savannah years and years ago and had organised the streets into a grid system. He then insisted on having 23 cool, shady squares evenly spaced out amongst the streets so you could walk almost anywhere in the heat of the day under the shade of the trees! Each one is
individual, some more beautiful than others, some with fountains, others with pagodas and some just with trees and benches. They are all surrounded by houses or office buildings and we enjoyed strolling through them all, admiring some of the be
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autiful houses along the way. One of our favourite squares was Chippewa Square or as the locals call it "Gump Square!" Yes, we were back on our trail of Forrest Gump film locations! Remember the bench that Forrest sat on while telling his story to whoever was sitting there waiting for the bus?! Well CK is standing where the bench used to be situated! The actual bench is in a museum so we couldn't pose on it and do our "life is like a box of chocolates" impression! Our apartment was by the side of Crawford Square (the one with the
pagoda in the middle of it) and our landlady told us that the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil", directed by Clint Eastwood, had been filmed there. She did leave us the book to read but to be honest we found it a bit hard going! It was b
ased on a true story (a murder) that happened in the 1980's and the large red brick house was where it had all happened. The house we were staying in had been the home of one of the main characters in real life, although not where the murder took place (fortunately!) Just around the corner was a cute little fruit & veg market where CK was overwhelmed by the choice of pumpkins on offer (Halloween fever was already running high in Savannah!) and where some of the locals stopped by fo
r a kip as you can see! River Street was the touristy bit of the town where there wer
e lots of restaurants, gift shops etc and you could watch the little ferries go up and down the Savannah River along with the big Mississippi style paddle boats. Wheneve
r we were down by the river we popped into a couple of chocolate shops as they handed out caramel praline samples on a daily basis - Mmmm! The day before we left Savannah we came across a crowd of people around one of the squares and realised that there was some filming going on. We
stopped to watch and were rewarded by seeing James McAvoy and Robert Redford who was directing the film! Co
uldn't get a really close up photo but if you click the photo to enlarge it you can just about see both of them! Now that's something you don't come across every day isn't it?! It was interesting to watch, although a little boring as well as we waited ages and ages for something to happen! They had horses and wagons
there as well and there was a scene where a window had to be smashed and all this fake glass fell out! It's probably not something either of us will be rushing out to see though as it's a Civil War film (called The Conspirator) but it made for a bit of excitement at the end of our stay in Savannah! And CK found a "hat buddy" while we were standing around watching all the goings on! Next stop is St Augustine, Florida as we make our way down the East Coast.
Hello Y'all! (That's how they speak here in the deep south!) 
We think it's really funny because all the locals say it all the time - "how y'all doing?" and "have a nice day y'all!" We're getting used to it now! Anyway, we arrived in Savannah - home of "Gone with the Wind" and the horse & carriage(!) and were immediately aware of the intense heat - Whew! It was HOT! Fortunately though, an Englishman, Mr James 
Oglethorpe, had founded the city of Savannah years and years ago and had organised the streets into a grid system. He then insisted on having 23 cool, shady squares evenly spaced out amongst the streets so you could walk almost anywhere in the heat of the day under the shade of the trees! Each one is 
individual, some more beautiful than others, some with fountains, others with pagodas and some just with trees and benches. They are all surrounded by houses or office buildings and we enjoyed strolling through them all, admiring some of the be.jpg)
autiful houses along the way. One of our favourite squares was Chippewa Square or as the locals call it "Gump Square!" Yes, we were back on our trail of Forrest Gump film locations! Remember the bench that Forrest sat on while telling his story to whoever was sitting there waiting for the bus?! Well CK is standing where the bench used to be situated! The actual bench is in a museum so we couldn't pose on it and do our "life is like a box of chocolates" impression! Our apartment was by the side of Crawford Square (the one with the
pagoda in the middle of it) and our landlady told us that the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil", directed by Clint Eastwood, had been filmed there. She did leave us the book to read but to be honest we found it a bit hard going! It was b
ased on a true story (a murder) that happened in the 1980's and the large red brick house was where it had all happened. The house we were staying in had been the home of one of the main characters in real life, although not where the murder took place (fortunately!) Just around the corner was a cute little fruit & veg market where CK was overwhelmed by the choice of pumpkins on offer (Halloween fever was already running high in Savannah!) and where some of the locals stopped by fo
r a kip as you can see! River Street was the touristy bit of the town where there wer
e lots of restaurants, gift shops etc and you could watch the little ferries go up and down the Savannah River along with the big Mississippi style paddle boats. Wheneve
r we were down by the river we popped into a couple of chocolate shops as they handed out caramel praline samples on a daily basis - Mmmm! The day before we left Savannah we came across a crowd of people around one of the squares and realised that there was some filming going on. We
stopped to watch and were rewarded by seeing James McAvoy and Robert Redford who was directing the film! Co
uldn't get a really close up photo but if you click the photo to enlarge it you can just about see both of them! Now that's something you don't come across every day isn't it?! It was interesting to watch, although a little boring as well as we waited ages and ages for something to happen! They had horses and wagons 
there as well and there was a scene where a window had to be smashed and all this fake glass fell out! It's probably not something either of us will be rushing out to see though as it's a Civil War film (called The Conspirator) but it made for a bit of excitement at the end of our stay in Savannah! And CK found a "hat buddy" while we were standing around watching all the goings on! Next stop is St Augustine, Florida as we make our way down the East Coast.
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