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Charleston Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Charleston, United States
Life of Leisure
... in the United States, but today it hovers around at a modest 76th biggest. However, last year Charleston was the #1 city in the United States for most attractive residents (as well as friendliness). Charleston’s skyline is dominated by ...
Savannah to Charleston
... we got there around 3. We got a room at a Days Inn outside of the city and then drove into downtown. Charleston is the most beautiful American city I have ever seen. It was lovely and picturesque without being touristy. All of ...
16ème jour ou route vers le Sud!
Au petit matin, réveil sur notre petit parking et cette fois ci, oh surprise un panneau indique que l'endroit autorise les campeurs! Comme quoi! Déjeuné en fanfare au milieu des promeneurs parfois étonnés de voir quatre guais lurons se brosser les ...
Historic City
Charlston is yet another historic city we visited, with the old streets and many monuments in remembrance of those who fought for this country. It was a great place to visit in a few hours :) ...
Old Houses and Cockroaches
... a pretty historic town with loads of old houses from the 1800's. We found a plaque saying that the first submarine attack was in Charleston habour against the Union. It was pretty cool, but once we'd wandered around in the humid heat for a while we ran ...
Charleston
Charleston - South Carolina - USA Positioned on a coastal peninsular, Charleston overflows with charming streets and historic districts and is one of the oldest cities in America. The city grew on the back of slavery. Despite fires, being hit by ...
USS Yorktown
As we went through the town of Charlston, South Carolina we came across a very big aircraft carrier called the USS Yorktown. Yorktown itself is a battlefield from the War of Independence where England was fighting against the English colonists who were ...
I'll be seeing you, in all the old familiar places
... items I could have snavelled for home. I did think the entrance fee was a little steep to see a house. Anyone heading to Charleston and interested in this type of thing should go, just take repellent or prepare to be covered in grape-sized welts. ...
In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina....
... snacks and the vending machines were behind bars, the first time we have seen this at a rest area...a sign perhaps??! Closer to Charleston we started seeing Spanish Moss in the trees - that's the stuff you see hanging from the ancient oaks etc in movies ...
Day 2: Driving to Charleston
It was about 8 more hours of driving from Charlottesville to Charleston. We took highways for about half the trip, and 1-lane back roads the other half. We hit the 1000 mile mark and were able to score some "cheaper" gas. We arrived at almost 11PM, too ...
Day 25 The Charleston Townhouse
We are not architects, but will attempt to describe the "typical" Charleston townhouse. It is a timber house, one room wide, three rooms deep with a single gabled roof running along the long axis. Usually timber, it would be two stories plus an attic ...
Pigeons, Ants and Tattooed Moose's.
... to a fantastic four days in Florida and possibly a stop at Hilton Head Island if we had time before our final destination of Charleston, SC. Savannah is ranked as 'the most beautiful city in America', although we didn't see much of this apart from the ...
Chuck town
... !) og fara i bio a Contraband! A naestu dogum aetlum vid svo ad kikja til Indianapolis, Indiana, skoda haskolann i Charleston og fleira skemmtilegt! I naestu viku forum vid til Chicago tar sem vid stoppum i 3 daga og thadan til Guatemala ...
Charleston...Made me love 'The Notebook' even more
... this. The house had many occupants over the last 100 years, and in the 70s it was actually condemned until a man from Charleston who was a millionaire spent $5 million restoring it back to its initial glory. The main reason I wanted to see this place was ...
Day 27 Best laid plans
Today was a day when nothing went to plan. Toby slept at the wrong time, one park was shut on Mondays, we didn't get a swim, and were home too late for dinner. Even the "attractions" we made it too were a tad disappointing: too many mozzies at the swamp ...
Charleston, South Carolina
... us there for three days. So I had a great opportunity to see the a lot of the city and spend some time in the Charleston night life. it's time I introduced the characters of this story since you will be seeing a lot of them, I was working for Seafloor ...
Downtown Charleston
Headed into Charleston April 7th for lunch at Southend Brewery. The beers were great and the pulled pork was great, but the rest of our food was just ok. Walked through the flea market and enjoyed the city. Had one beer at the East ...
Hotmail Issues
Heidi, Katie, John & Jenny - I'm having hotmail issues and can't get your messages at present. The travelblog works fine though so you can send me a message through it or give me a call at 415-425-0453. Heidi and Katie, I need your phone numbers as ...
On the Road Again
... eerie. I wonder how much of this was due to the cool weather and how much is the effect of the economy? We arrived in Charleston in time for the sunset and settled into an RV park on the south side of the city for the next few days. This ...
Charleston, South Carolina
... passages we would have to rely on the Sirius which is also excellent. Went ashore and had quite good a meal at The Charleston Crab House. May 1 Strong south wind pinning us to the dock and making use of all available fenders including two loaners. Dave ...
Whiteside Creek to Charleston
... it may be best to pull the anchor out of the bow roller when docking at unfamiliar places. Exploring Old Charleston we saw mny beautiful old buildings. Most of the businesses are realtors, lawyers and art galleries with a ...
Magnolia Plantation
Yesterday we had planned to spend the day at Magnolia Plantation, but had to stay at the campground waiting for a repair to the trailer. This morning we were booked to move but as it was only a couple of hours to Savannah we managed a quick visit ...
The War Started Here!
... with the firing on Fort Sumter. Although - non of this was of any interest to a five year old and I don't remember anything about Charleston at all. I have included a photo of an old school house that I found in the albums - it looks like a pretty cool ...
History lesson....
... don't you just can't help it.... So creams and bite stuff.... lets hope there disappear as quickly as they came but I doubt that! Charleston in the rain not so nice but stopped off at a lovely little bookshop who just so happened to be having a visit from ...
Mosquito Hell
... have much more room! After our tour it was very pleasant sitting on the hangar deck looking out over the water to Charleston. Unfortunately though, whilst on board, Christine got about a dozen mosquito bites on her legs. As it was very, very ...
Charlotte, NC = Charleston, SC(In Jen's head)
... We are still laughing about it three days later....... Alright this is where it gets good....well actually, bad. We arrive in Charleston, smoothly, Sophie calls Will and says "Hey what street is your apartment on? We're in Charleston" and he replies ...
Charleston
Day 1 Beautiful Charleston, South Carolina... We take a carriage ride to see the city. It is a beautiful town. It would kind of remind you of New Orleans. It was interesting to us the different versions of history we keep hearing. I guess it is whether ...
Few Days From Departure
... sea piloted by myself, Brayden Pitcairn, and my two brothers, Michael and Austin Pitcairn. We will be departing Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday January 30 bound for Fort Lauderdale. From there we will make the crossing ...
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
We headed out near ten AM today for the Plantation. It's less than ten miles from the park. When we arrived, there were already numerous people there, including tour busses, school busses and a whole raft of automobiles. We parked Sooby and ...