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Hello fellow travelers!
We are going to be very fast with the presentation of this video because Savannah's mosquitoes are killing us!
We are in Savannah, one of the most important cities in the South and, especially in the State of Georgia.
Here we are going to enjoy that Southern atmosphere, its spectacular architecture,
its porches, its rocking chairs on the porches…
We are staying in this Airbnb house. It's the typical Southern house with high ceilings, traditional furniture…
Let's go! I can't wait to see Savannah!
Savannah was the first American city built on a plan.
The rest of the cities were different because they were building as the European population grew,
but they were interested in designing Savannah from scratch.
You can see it: all the streets are straight, every three streets there is a square..
One of the most interesting things about Savannah is its squares. Be sure to visit as many as you can.
They are wonderful! They have big trees giving a nice shadow, the sound of the cicadas
and the beautiful houses surrounding them.
Even the animal hospitals have Southern style…
this one must be a hospital for posh animals, look how amazing it is!
This area has awesome Southern houses. All of them are surrounding Forsyth Park.
Close to it there is St. John's Cathedral. It was founded by French nobles in 1802.
They came here escaping from the slaves' revolution in Haiti.
By the way, they had escaped from the revolution in France.
They weren't really lucky, indeed.
All these houses are antebellum. Savannah was protected by 3 forts.
When the Union Army took them, the city surrendered without suffering any damage.
That's why the buildings are so well preserved.
The one that I have behind me is The Mercer House.
It's famous because here was the location where the movie
"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was filmed.
A murder, Kevin Spacey as a rich man living here… We truly recommend that you watch it.
It reflects life in Savannah and The South in the old times. Here lived Jim Williams, who killed his assistant in 1981.
Note down this boutique hotel. It's amazing!
Savannah's Police Department shows old police cars as beautiful as these two.
They remind me of the mafia time.
It should have been pretty cool to have been arrested in one of these cars, shouldn't it?
This house is known because it was the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low.
Who is she? She was the founder of the Girl Scout Association in the US.
It was a kind of revolution in a period where women were devoted to their husbands
and taking care of their children and house.
We are in Oglethorpe Avenue, one of the most important in Savannah.
Oglethorpe was a very important general. He was the founder of Savannah and even the state of Georgia.
Here is Savannah's City Hall. Just here, close to the river, on February 12, 1733,
Oglethorpe along with 122 families, docked their boat here and founded Savannah,
the first city of the state of Georgia.
All these buildings close to the river were storehouses for the cotton exchange.
In fact, Savannah was the most important port in the Atlantic coast and the second in the world!
Take that!
Cotton carriages came here from cotton plantations.
They unloaded it through these gangways, they weighed it and put it into the boats straight to Europe.
It's really interesting that…
It's great that she yawns while I'm talking… it's really meaningful…
I'm sleepy and it's too hot!
See you later, my friends, I'm not allowed to talk anymore!
This area of storehouses is what they now call "Factors Walk".
There are a lot of bars, restaurants, souvenir shops…
This is the river and Factors Walk is that street.
There is a good atmosphere around this quarter at night.
If we had to choose a typical product from Savannah could it would be pralines.
They are supposed to be the best in the world.
I don't think we will eat them, we are not really sweet-lovers, but we are going to see how they are.
Wow, the smell is so nice…
Between the smell and the air conditioning, I could say this place is The Paradise…
It's good but it has a lot of sugar!
We are now in Chipewa Square. We have visited more than 15 squares, but this is the most beautiful!
Maybe that's why one of the most famous scenes of Forrest Gump was filmed here.
We are sitting down on one of the benches where Forrest says that famous sentence "Life is like box of chocolates…"
It's true, life is a box of surprises and you never know what you're going to have.
We must insist on the topic of "enjoy life".
One day the chocolate will be bad; that day we will remember the good ones that we ate…
The ones with liquor… I hate them…
So, I say the deep and philosophical stuff and make the jokes, right?
We are a perfect complement!
My feet are hurting…
Let's go!
After so much walking, it is the time to enjoy.
We are going to have dinner in this restaurant: The Olde Pink House.
This house was built in 1771 by John Habersham, who was an important cotton producer
and belonged to one of Savannah's founding families.
Later, it was some other things, like a bank and is currently a restaurant,
where we are going to have dinner now.
They say that John Habersham never left this house.
He committed suicide by hanging himself in the basement of the house and
his spirit is still roaming the house…
By the way, if you like stories about spirits, phantoms, terrible murders, haunted houses,
Savannah is YOUR place.
It presumes to be one of the most bewitched towns in the world;
in fact there are night guided tours visiting the scariest spots that have had paranormal phenomena…
What do you think?
It's a huge house with a lot of rooms,
every one decorated in a different way, but of course, all with this old traditional Southern style.
They also have private rooms for family parties or business meetings for example.
We'll see how the food is, but just the place deserves a visit.
Look, my friends, these are the real fried green tomatoes!
Are they good?
Yummy!
I don't like tomatoes a lot; but I was thankful that they put a piece of caramel coated bacon under the slice
of tomato and it gives a nicer flavor…
We ordered a Southern-style sole.
I'm supposed to know how to clean it. It's deep fried and with a lot of different sauces.
People come here just to eat this sole. They have been cooking this recipe for the last 30 years.
Now we are in Artillery. It's an authentic bar where you can enjoy a cocktail after dinner.
One piece of advice: Although it is 50 degrees centigrade outside, always take a jacket
because they put the air conditioning so high that just penguins can stand it…
At the main fountain of Forsyth Park we say see you later to you.
We and all our frog friends that are around here.
Now we are going for a walk along this park.
Sandra is a bit scared of it but I think it's very romantic.
All of us know from movies and books that there are a lot of murderers,
madmen and psychos in the American parks at night…
Yes, there are also clowns with power saws…
I'd love to see one of these!
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Don't think this American trip is finished.
On the contrary, we are going to post many more videos about our roadtrip along the Deep South.
Could we give them a trailer of our next stop?
Yes, tomorrow we will visit a very Southern town, like Savannah, but in another state.
We will head to South Carolina!
Finally, we want to encourage you to visit other states of the US, more off the beaten path.
America is not only Chicago, New York or New Orleans. There are many more places to visit.
But, just in case you can't do it, we will show them to you.
See you next week with a new trip of Viajando a Nuestro Aire!
Bye!
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