After One Month in Savannah…
Our first month in Savannah has already come to an end. It’s been as fun, weird and exciting as we hoped it would be. As we did after our first month in Oviedo, we’ve completed a small self-survey on our experience thus far…
Mike: Kayaking on Tybee Island – especially climbing the Cockspur Island Lighthouse
Jürgen: Getting out of the car on the day we arrived and seeing the Spanish moss for first time. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten anything as delicious as the Pink House’s flounder
Jürgen: Wiley’s pulled pork and macaroni and cheese. Finger licking delicious.The artsy, hipster, liberal population of Savannah — perhaps I hadn’t done my homework properly, but the influence of SCAD totally took me off guard
Jürgen: How well the weather kept up – it seems like it’s always sunnyHow few true (born here) Savannahians we’ve met
Jürgen: Perhaps not a disappointment, but an unpleasant surprise = the Savannah Stink!Almost too many to count, but fine: walking into a “Health Clinic” to ask for a doctor’s appointment, and having the world-weary woman at the desk tell me in a dry, amused tone, “We do abortions here, honey”.
Jürgen: To encounter a family in Forsyth Park all dressed up in PJs7; Savannah is a tourist town, and it shows in the prices (particularly the Pirate House, whoa!)
Jürgen: 7 but if you know where the locals eat you can dine cheap and very well.an eccentric lot, but very open to strangers. And talkative!
Jürgen: People here are super friendly and want to talk. The way I was raised in Germany doesn’t respond well to chatting up with people I stand next to at the urinals.Unconventional, Mossy, Haunting
Jürgen: Charming, Clean, PhotogenicWe can’t wait to see what our next two months in Savannah holds! Christmas time is already shaping up to be interesting… I just hope it doesn’t get any colder.
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December 3, 2010 at 3:08 pmAshleigh
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Love your insights, guys! Very funny about the Spanish moss and I love pulled pork from just about anywhere, especially on a bun with coleslaw in top…Loving your adventures…
December 3, 2010 at 3:42 pmEllen
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I am really enjoying this look at a town I love. The photographs are beautiful! Thank you.
December 4, 2010 at 7:53 amSandy Traub
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Love your candor! From a native, I’ll say,”Welcome to Savannah!”
December 5, 2010 at 3:14 pmJuergen
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Thank you Sandy!
December 4, 2010 at 12:15 pmSky Princess
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The Savannah stink! Is that from the horses? I wonder. The city needs to either wash down the streets or get rid of the horses or both. I was thinking it might improve with some rain.
Not get colder? It is not winter yet.
Great observations.
December 5, 2010 at 3:16 pmJuergen
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Well sometimes I get a whiff of the that horse smell which is em normal but as Suzanne comments below I mean the paper mill.
Hope buy the end of the 91 days I will miss it too
December 5, 2010 at 2:54 pmSuzanne
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The stink? Hmmm, perhaps it is the paper mill when the wind blows just “right.” The longer you live here the less you notice it. OR…it could be the marsh. When we first moved here we couldn’t stand the smell but now I actually love it.
December 8, 2010 at 8:20 pmWilliam
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Your observation that Savannah is populated by mostly transplants is highly accurate. I think the city (which I have described as New Orleans without the crime or excess) draws a certain mindset which results in a mostly non-native population.
As to the cost, it is probably 8 or 9 around the historic district, but drops to 5 or 6 outside.
December 11, 2010 at 9:27 pmMarsha
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Savannah surprised me in a lot of ways, too. I was expecting a super conservative city but got almost the opposite. I don’t think I met any native Savannahians (sigh). As for the Savannah stink? After the first day, I got used to it and even started to kinda like it. Weird, I know.