Savannah, Day 2

We started the day with a free walking tour of the historic district of Savannah. Free walking tours are one of our favorite things to do in new places. They aren't really free, but you tip at the end accordingly. They are very popular in European cities, but not so much here. Daniel helped to start the free tours here in Savannah after visiting in Europe. He grew up in Savannah and was very knowledgeable about the city. The city was started by a man named Oglethorpe from England. He sailed here under the leadership of one of the King Georges, hence the name Georgia. The area was set up like those in England, that of communities with a church at one end, housing along the sides, and civic or commerce buildings at the other end, all around a common space. There were originally 24 communities but now there are 22. Each common space has become a park so there is plenty of green space in the historic district filled with great old oak trees. Before Savannah became a tourist area, land was pretty cheap and hotels started moving in. People didn't like the look and an ordinance was passed that all new builds had to look like the era of the old buildings, so everything looks old and very well maintained. After our tour with Daniel we walked around Forsyth Park, the largest community park made up of over 30 acres. Students from the Savannah College of Art and Design were having a chalk draw festival throughout the park. They all were good but some of them were very talented! We toured the Juliet Lowe House. Juliet Lowe was the founder of the girl scouts. We passed an old graveyard on our tour so we went back to walk through it. There are about 600 headstones there, but about 9000 bodies. Many were buried in mass graves during disease times. No one has been buried there since 1835. We headed over to the market district which is a more lively entertainment area with restaurants, shops, and tourist things like escape rooms, etc. Along the way we picked up a beer at the Little Crown, a very small pub. Savannah is an open container city and they card everyone no matter how old you look! There was some live music happening at an Irish pub but in the open air. We got some pizza and enjoyed the showMeer informatie