Savannah

Written by Administrator | 06 August 2011

Unfortunately with my time here in Atlanta I haven’t really done a great deal of trips. For first reason you are often just to tired from therapy and secondly there is just so much to organise when you are a quadriplegic. Will the destination be wheel chair friendly, do they have accessible accommodation and then all the different things that you need when in a wheel chair. So Kate decided to change this by organising a trip a trip down to Savannah which would be one of the more historical cities in America. It is situated four hours south east of Atlanta and made famous through the cotton barons in the years gone by. A city full of plantation homesteads, beautiful squares and the trees lined with Spanish moss. It was the easily one of the prettiest cities that I have visited in the world. It gives you a feeling that you have stepped back in time with Spanish moss making everything look a feel older than it actually is.

The hotel we stayed at was plum in the middle of the historic district of Savannah, with the square that Forrest Gump sat at whilst waiting for his bus during the movie just around the corner. One of the attractions is River Street which a beautiful yet bumpy cobble stoned street that runs parallel with the Savannah River. The street are filled with Irish pubs, restaurants and boutique art galleries all overlooking the river. Once you reach the end of the street you are able to board an old paddle steamer to ferry you back. They also host one of Americas biggest St Paddy’s day celebration with over half million people piling into the city. However if the water isn’t your scene there are horse and cart tours consistently taking tourist throughout the city.