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Charleston Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Charleston, United States
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bin im Morgengrauen angekommen und hab mich sofort in all die putzigen alten Suedhaeuser mit Veranda und Schaukelstuhl verliebt. Ich will einen Schaukelstuhl!!! Ansonsten - eher ein Ort fuer Rentner zum Ferien machen, haufenweisehistorisches Zeug und so, ...
Doin' the Charleston
... ' bottom standing behind Washington in the painting. We also visited a very imposing church, St Michaels, the oldest church in Charleston. It dates back to the 1750's and was a prime target for the British cannons in the Revolutionary war. Amazingly it ...
On to Charleston
Today, we said good-bye to Sea Island and drove to Charleston. It's about a 3-hour drive, but took us a bit more as it was raining quite heavily. We stopped at Drayton Hall, a plantatoin that was built in 1738. Drayton is the only plantation on the ...
Forts and American History
... the Charles Pinckey National Historic Site - Snee Farm. Charles Pinckey was one of the men who helped to shape the United States Constitution. We walked through the grounds and watched a film at the interpretation center, checked out the Mt. ...
Migrating south
... seats. The scenery along the way was pleasant. Lots of rolling hills. And in North Carolina, we noticed more green pines lining the freeway. Further south, palms dotted the landscape here and there. After a long drive, arrived ...
Day 3: Brunch in Charleston and Patriots Point
... restaurant; but nothing spectacular. The ribs definitely fell off the bone, and the sauce selection was great. An overall rating of 8.9 . We left Charleston around 7PM, heading a mere 120 miles to Savannah, Georgia ( a nice light driving day ...
The Cooper Bridge Run
... to start in Mount Pleasant and then run over the bridge and through the city. It is a great way to get a feeling for Charleston and the surrounding towns. We wanted to do a run/walk and had a goal of completing it in less than 2 hours. We finished ...
The First Stop
... an open air restaurant with sandwiches and a brewery. We both tried a beer with our meal. After lunch, we wandered around Charleston some more, checking out the houses and architecture. We also made it down to the Waterfront Park on the Cooper River ...
Day 9 - Charleston
Well Kaf and the girls have been on the move again. No wonder we didn't hear from them. Yesterday they arrived and settled in Charleston and were too buggered at the end of the day to report in. No wonder, as it appears Madge's mission of the day ...
Charleston, SC
... than the 28 degrees that it was when we left, Gotta love going south first! From dinner we took a little more of a tour around Charleston and found that people don't like obey the J-Walking laws! After we got back to the house it was a fun night of ...
Charleston
Didn't know a whole lot about Charleston but was surprised to hear it gets 4 million visitors every year. It's a beautiful old city with quite a past - it was the main marketplace for slaves arriving from West Africa and the first shots of the Civil War ...
Palmetto Trees Everywhere
... checking in. Two sisters from Sweden, Marie & Lisa. We went to Dinner at Joe Pasta and walked around Charleston (I forgot my camera so no pics). They are very cool chicks. This is one of my favorite parts of traveling, ...
Gas Station Bars & Hoochy Mama's in Charleston, SC
... took us to, obviously we tried to get our 'moneys worth'!! As we where unable to move Lester chose to explain what downtown Charleston is like on a Thursday night. Apparently the ratio of 8 women to every man is infamous and lead him to explain that ...
WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
Hello all. Sorry for the delay in posting any messages, but I am having a little technical difficulty getting my camera up and running. Hopefully things will be fixed soon. I simply wanted to let all those who are worried about me ...
Charleston Walking
... to abolish this completely. We also saw many signs which showed that the home owners do not like Carnival Cruises docking in Charleston. I think visitors bring good business to the town but may be the home owners did not like their privacy explored any ...
834 miles into my journey!
so i am sitting at a coffee shop heading out of Charleston this morning when a man approached me, "you need to update your blog" then graciously allowed me to use his mac to post my first entry of the journey. I'm 834 miles in. It 's been an unreal ...
Charleston
We really enjoyed these last 2 days. Yesterday was basically a transit day, getting from Myrtle Beach to Charleston. We got in after 3PM, too late to do much in a touristy way, so we decided just to relax. The weather was perfect-sunny and warm, and ...
Doop Doop Doop Lookin out my back door!
... 5 minutes or so to wake me up. I moved away and she came closer. A bit scary but i survived. Eventually I arrived in Nth Charleston. You have to catch a bus from Dodgy Nth Charleston to nice South Charleston. Then walk to the hostel. The hostel, called ...
Shore Acres State Park, Charleston, OR
June 13th Drove up Route 101 for a couple of wind blown hours and took the recommendation of our friend (who we haven't met yet) Scott Bolton, to camp and kayak near Coos Bay. Scott is a member of the Yahoo View/Navion user's group that has over 500 ...
Charleston
... As we were only here for the afternoon, we headed straight in. They have a free shuttle bus around which is good. Charleston is not what I expected. Very modern in parts and in other very dilapidated. The historic district is not totally restored. We ...
Leaving Atlanta and Going to Charleston
... and now privately owned. They must be worth $Millions. After seeing the houses, we drove to Charleston. Here we are staying at the Ansonborough Inn. http://www.ansonboroughinn.com. It used to be an old paper holding facility from ...
Movin' Out
It is difficult to know what to pack for eight months, maybe more, through winter, spring, summer, and monsoon seasons. How does one fit the next eight months into two medium-sized suitcases? I give up on trying to find the answer and fill 1/3 of the ...
Days 17 & 18, Charleston
... word that all this occured until we're famous! We also took a haunted tour of the old creep jail. Great, silly fun. Charleston is a beautiful tasty treat of a city. Thanks for everything Adriane & Brian...see y'all in NOLA! ...
Charleston
... the car park below! I was still regretting not staying longer in Savannah and was determined not to make the same mistake with Charleston. My friend Ron said I would like it here, so I cancelled my weekend in Wilmington, and booked extra nights here. ...
To the Fort
We made it to Charleston at about 1 P.M. We checked into the beautiful Marriott Charleston, and ate a nice light lunch at Saffire within the hotel. I ordered the soup of the day and a rosemary parmesan flatbread, which were quite delicious! ...
No Sleep Tonight
We both wok up at around half past 9 which was good as we needed to pack and shower before check out at 11am. It wasn't even a rush! I'm getting used to living out of a rucksack again, although my new one is much better than the one I had last year ...