Savannah!

Our honeymoon was awesome. The end.

 JUST KIDDING!

I have so much that I want to share but here's the catch....I'm trying to type on an iPad. Me. A total keyboard freak. I really need real buttons. No joke. It took me long enough to learn to deal without a mouse when I upgraded to a laptop. Jeesh...and I'm the techie of the household.

So here's the deal. I'll do the best I can and when I'm at my wits end and cursing at this fancy piece of technology, I'll say goodnight.

The first question people ask us when they hear we went to Savannah is "why?"

The reason is simple. History and sightseeing. We didn't want to spend a week just laying on a beach getting drunk...(we're saving that for the future). We wanted something fun, charming and relaxing all in one. We most definitely got it. There was more history than we could even imagine. And there's nothing more relaxing than walking around the squares talking and having fun with your best friend. As much as I enjoyed this trip it is hard to put it into words. So I'm going to share what I thought was the best part of all....the sights.

Be prepared, I took hundreds. Really. I'll do my best to limit myself to the good ones.

(I've already switched to my laptop....who the heck knows how to upload photo's to a blog from an iPad??)

Paula Dean's restaurant. We had fried chicken and spicy greens. But
most of all, I liked the building.

The courthouse. Pretty Impressive.

Love all the brick buildings.

Gigantic barges were a norm.

Just pretty. Old

One of the many cool fountains that were in the city squares.

Fort Pulaski. So much history. Can you imagine this
being a drawbridge?

I could still sense the cannons and soldiers
that once called this place home.

Cannon holes from the day that the fort was seized.
In those days this fort was considered indestructible.

It took 30 hours to conquer Fort Pulaski.

One very old blue door. The architecture
was absolutely incredible.

Forsyth Park.
(Tony wouldn't let me jump the fence to run through the pool. :)

An old house that we were able to walk through.
It's actually an antique store but I loved the house!

Anyone read Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil?
This is the Mercer House where the murder happened.

Winter in Georgia? A photoshoot took place.
If I heard correctly, I heard it was for Vogue.
I want to know if anyone's seen it??

 Stone walls, stair and buildings were everywhere.

More old architecture. Who knew I liked architecture so much?

Atmosphere in the old house we got to walk through.

Long staircase. I wonder how many
people have walked up and down those stairs
and used that banister to steady themselves.
Slaves? Maids? Madams? Town folk?

A monument in Forsyth Park.

Color in Forsyth Park.

Savannah also had a Victorian era. The homes and
colors are beautiful and breathtaking.

Colorful

Colonial Cemetery. It used to be one of the largest
cemetery's. It's now a smaller "park" which means
the city of Savannah is built on thousands of bodies.

The haunted house in daylight. This is the one that
has had mulitple owners but no one has lived there
since 1973. It was built on top of the slaves
"grave yard", a pit where all the slaves were thrown
when they were dead or thought to be dead.

Because General Sherman and his troops knocked over numerous headstones
during the civil war, many of the stones no longer match with the graves.
To honor these people the headstones (that were not broken)
were mounted to a brick wall. The impact is powerful.

One of the signers of the Deceleration of Independence.

Many of the deceased were taken from this world
by Yellow fever. I'll let you Google that. It's grotesque.

Married at 11 years old.

The most photographed Victorian house in Savannah.

My favorite place we saw. Wormsloe Plantation.

Remains of the original "plantation" at Wormsloe.
It is said that the builder, Noble Jones, was
a founder of Georgia.

I did get to dip my feet in one fountain!

Another fountain in a square. 

Tybee Island lighthouse. It was rebuilt 4 times.
The original was built by Noble Jones of Wormsloe.

In the ocean!

Posing at Tybee beach. There was a sign that said to stay off the rocks.
I'm such a rebel.

The last day was spent on the beach. What
a beautiful day it was and gorgeous surroundings.

I hope you enjoyed some of my photo's. Due to my blog having some technical issues I wasn't able to share any of this with you until today! But woo hoo! It seems to be working with no errors tonight! I have so many more photo's but I'll end with these today. Maybe some others will sneak into some of my future posts. I cannot believe that it's been a month since our honeymoon already. How time flies when you're crazy busy with a new job and finally decorating a home....and of course having fun!

Have a great night everyone! See you all soon!