Escape travel section, Australia – Apr 10, 2011
Of all Savannah’s 22 elegant, park-like squares, there is one in particular tourists make a beeline for. It’s called Chippewa Square and the reason is because it’s where Forrest Gump sat on a bench and famously declared that, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
Visitors to Savannah seem to have a pretty good idea what they’re going to get because 50 million of them have been to the city in the past 10 years. Lured by its rich history, graceful architecture and scenic squares, they descend on the region by the coachload.
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Rob McFarland 