Savannah...the land of the square!

Day 33 - Savannah, GA - Cloudy then Rain Upper 50's:

We left Dave and Kristin's house around 10am and made our way toward Savannah. We have heard great things about Savannah and seen some nice wedding pictures from Melissa and Tim...if anyone knows what square they got married in, I'd love to know. We arrived in Savannah around 1pm and headed to the visitors center. We spoke with a woman, who randomly enough is the sister-in-law of the owner of Rosie's in Portland, and she sent us in the right direction. We ended up purchasing a walking tour of Savannah guide just to give us an idea of where to head. We quickly discovered that Savannah is the land of the square. There are 24 to be exact and I'm pretty sure that our walking tour took us to all of them. Each square has it's own story and is generally surrounded by some incredible buildings and churches.

One of my favorite parts of the walk was going to the River Front. There are a bunch of shops, restaurants and CANDY stores lining the river. Ben and I made sure to stop in at a couple of the candy stores to make sure that the candy wasn't poisonous. After walking along the river we headed up to the city market. We walked by but did not stop in at Paula Dean's restaurant and store...Ben had never heard of Paula Dean...clearly he needs to watch more of the Food Network.

We finished up our walking tour and headed back to the visitors center to get the car. We then headed a bit out of town to visit a couple of store to finish our Christmas shopping. After that we headed back into town for dinner. Ben had been reading about this place called Walls BBQ in our Lonely Planet book. We arrived and to be honest were a little nervous as it was a bit sketchy looking. Instead of leaving (which we considered) we decided to check it out. It turned out to be GREAT! Ben had ribs and I had chopped(pulled) pork. As usual Ben didn't like the ribs as much as Gug's but he said they were good nonetheless. My pulled pork was excellent. I guess it goes to show that appearance isn't everything.

After dinner we made our way to our hotel, took a dip in the hot tub, and are now doing our computer duties. We are off to Jacksonville tomorrow! Finally in FLORIDA!

Talk to you all soon.