er and me Get a slice of the south in lesser-known Savannah, says Natalie Marsh
DESTINATIONS SAVANNAH | THE US
w
e turn a corner, and for the first time, I catch a glimpse of the image
I had in my head before arriving in Savannah, Georgia. We make our way down a wide lane,
stretching as far as the eye can see, lined by lavish detached houses with trees towering either side of us. Their branches form a verdant canopy encompassing the road, and Spanish moss delicately drapes down from the trees like streamers. I look up and the bright sky pierces the small gaps between the greenery, while the sun hits the branches, casting shadows over everything. It looks like a setting plucked from a classic American movie. This is exactly how I imagined a quintessential southern city to look, and it didn’t disappoint. Savannah sits close to the Atlantic coast, just over the South Carolina state line, and is the epitome of elegance and charm. In the downtown area, streets such as this aren’t hard to find.
Though it’s small for an American
city, with a population of fewer than 150,000 people, Savannah has a long list of accolades to its name: it’s the most haunted city in the US, the location of the first Girl Scouts of America group and is home to one of the largest St Patrick’s Day parades in the country, to name just a few.
MOON RIVER The words “moon river, wider than a
mile…” drift into my head as we sail down the Savannah River. Lyricist Johnny Mercer wrote this well-known song, made famous by Breakfast at
Tiffany’s, with his home town Savannah in mind, and you can see why. It feels incredibly peaceful taking in the sights as we sail outside the city. We pass Old Fort Jackson, the oldest standing brick fort in the state, where from the deck of the boat, we watch a cannon-firing demonstration.²
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