Blogs from Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America - page 12

First, Sunday night's dinner at High Cotton: the ambiance was entirely old south and the food and service were remarkable. Everything, from the warm rolls at the start to the espresso, was wonderful. Two big thumbs up from us. Monday - after our morning walk along the Ashley River, we had a quick breakfast in the concierge lounge (Christopher & Celia: it reminds us of the one in the London Marriott - good times!). Then off for a carriage tour to get a feel for the historic district. Lots of old and very old buildings: in 1931, they passed a law prohibiting tearing down any building more than seventy-five years old. So we saw lots of houses built in the 1700s and 1800s. When the exteriors need restoration, it has to be historically accurate - down ... read more

Another day, another state! We travelled from Georgia into South Carolina and the heat continued to build. It was over 100F when we arrived at our motel and we didn't move from our air conditioned room until the evening. Even then, all we did was go out to a shopping centre so we could use a supermarket, and we found a great buffet restaurant for dinner!! The next day we drove into Charleston as the local bus was only hourly and the 10 mile trip to the centre of town took an hour! On the way we visited a barber. He was really friendly but took his time over both of us. It took an hour and a half for two hair cuts. Still, we are now neatly shorn (Russ a little more so than Trish!), ... read more

made it to charleston, aka chucktown, and things are as alright as ever. met up with germs(jeremiah, aka joDan) friend goose, aka chris. before he got off work we cruised down downtown and boy, did we see some jabbys down there. charlseton college was just letting out and the ladies were everywhere. germ was hung out the window hollaring at any thing that moved, and i was doing my best to keep at least one eye on the road. after we damb near hit a parked car, i paid a bit more attention. so after a bit of a cruise, we met goose up a the place of his residence. thus why i am blogging, due to his kind offer of wifi use. wifi. how many of you take for granted the fact that everyone knows ... read more

Charleston Charleston is another beautiful old city, established in 1670. Originally "Charles Town", (after Charles II of England). We visited Boone Hall, one of America's oldest working plantations, established in 1681. A wonderful 3/4 mile long avenue of live oaks leads up to the present house (dating from 1935), which was featured in the TV mini-series civil war drama "North & South". There are still some original brick slave cabins, placed prominently next to the main house to show visitors the wealth of the plantation owner. These cabins were reserved for the slaves that worked in the house and the carpenter or blacksmith slaves. The field slaves would have dwelt in very simple structures which have not stood the test of time. One of the brick cabins would have been used by up to two ... read more

Check out the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxAd8coh9o8 What can i say - it was my favourite song in 1993!... read more