Friday Favorites: Sunny Savannah ~ A Walkable and Historic City!

Hello there! We recently came back from a five day trip to Savannah, Georgia. If you like to walk and learn about history, you'll love Savannah! Today I am linking up with Erika from A Little Bit of Everything and Andrea from Momfessionals for:

Savannah, Georgia

This was my first trip to this beautiful city, and it definitely lived up to its reputation! We arrived on a Saturday at lunch time and hit the ground walking.

That day we visited Forsyth Park:

It's worth visiting for several reasons: the beautiful fountain surrounded by flowers and watching the people walking by. Not surprisingly, we saw many photographers taking pictures of their clients for graduations or proms.

After that we headed to Basilica of St. John. We learned that a church becomes a basilica when it is recognized by the Vatican and has a special canopy to hold over the pope, if he ever visits.

This basilica is being renovated, but look at how beautiful it is inside:

This is called an umbraculum. It is used to provide shade for the pope, just in case he visits.

We also went to Tybee Island which is about a 30 minute drive from Savannah. We found a super deal on Trip Advisor for $95 which included round trip transportation from our hotel, beach chairs and umbrellas. My favorite part of the beach were these brown pelicans:

These pelicans dive bomb for fish. When they land in the ocean, there's a big splash. I could have watched them forever!

Here are some other highlights of our trip:

*Going on a ghost walking tour. Savannah is a very haunted city.

*Watching giant container ships travel on the Savannah River. Savannah is one of the busiest seaports in the US. If you go directly north from Savannah, you end up in Ohio so all those containers can easily access the middle of the country.

That bridge in the picture goes to South Carolina!