Savannah, Georgia

My Grandma and Grandpa Woolf, and my Aunt Mallory, came to visit me at the beginning of April.  We took a trip to Disney World, and it was amazing!  Then we spent a couple of days in Savannah, Georgia.  We had a good time walking around, looking at the old buildings, learning about the city, eating at the Pirates' House, and playing at Tybee Island.  Here are some facts and pictures for your enjoyment:

Savannah's history began in 1733, the year General James and 120 passengers of the ship Anne landed at the Savannah shore.

During the American Revolution, the British took Savannah in 1778, and held it into 1782.

Savannah is known as America's first planned city.

Savannah was really worried about the Spanish, who lived in modern day Florida, attacking.

The city was planned and built around square parks. Everyone who lived in a house around the squares were assigned to protect their square in case of an attack.

Savannah's wealth came from cotton.  Many of the world's cotton prices were set on the steps of the Savannah Cotton Exchange.

According to USA Today, Savannah is the fifth most haunted city in the United States.

When I ate at the Pirates' House, this robotic pirate told me many ghost stories and said I should ask my server for more stories.

This was our server, Kim.  She told us a story about ghost children who haunted the restaurant she used to work at.  At Christmas, she put gifts out for them under the tree at night.  In the morning, the packages were open and the gifts strewn everywhere.

The Pirates' House is thought to be the oldest standing building in Savannah, and was built in 1753.

The Pirates' House today is a restaurant that is supposedly haunted by pirate ghosts.

We found this crazy looking pirate at the Pirates' House.

He photo-bombed the family picture.

My mom says the Pirate House has the best fried green tomatoes.

And the biscuits there are out of this world.

Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low was born in Savannah.

In the last 10 years, more than 50 million people came to visit Savannah.

Tybee Island is the easternmost point of Georgia and is unofficially considered Savannah's beach.

My brother and I created our own little beach town at Tybee that we call, EvieOllie.

The Sugar Shack is a nice little ice cream restaurant that has been at Tybee Island for more than 30 years.

 They serve the BEST almond joy ice cream EVER!

I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit about Savannah and my awesome trip.

Signing Off,
Evalynn and Mom