Monday, November 1, 2021 - In July of 2020 we had a trip planned to Oregon that we had to cancel due to the pandemic. The airline tickets were going to expire at the end of 2021 if we didn’t use them, so we (I) decided we would go to Charleston for a few days. We also had Marriott stays that were going to expire if not used, so the trip was basically free! Our fight was at 6:00 (which was pretty painful) but it got us to Charleston at 10:30, so we had a full day of sightseeing. It was 70 degrees and sunny so we decided to walk the city.
Sunrise over Philadelphia
First stop - City Market
City market, inside. It was about 5 blocks long, lots of local artists
The Pineapple fountain. Guess we'll have to come back, since the fountain wasn't on.
Rainbow row, beautifully painted row houses.
Joggling board-it’s a rocking bench!
Nathaniel Russell House tour
Beautiful gardens everywhere! We found this in the Nathaniel Russell garden
Front door of Nathaniel Russell house. This house has been restored to the the mid 1800s. We really enjoyed the hour long self guided audio tour. It was a great day walking around Charleston...we walked 9.5 miles!
Ravenel Bridge in the background
Fort Sumter in the distance
Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown
Port of Call Brew Hall
Rooftop bar - Vendue
Charleston Crab House rooftop for dinner. Kev can't get enough crabcakes. Had them yesterday, as well, at Aw Shucks.
Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021 - Today was a COLD 65, after yesterday's sunny 75! We had a few museums we wanted to visit: a tour of Aiken-Rhett house, Post office museum and Slave Mart Museum. We did a late lunch at Poogan's Porch, for some classic southern food and lots more walking!
Our walk to the Aiken-Rhett house. We did another self-guided audio tour here. This house had been preserved (not restored like Monday's house we toured). This house was used by the family from the mid-1800s until the 1970s. So many things had been done to the house over the years. I don't think I've ever toured a house that's been preserved, but it was quite interesting to see the process of it all. They also had a lot of info about the slave quarters. We also visited the Slave Mart Museum, but didn't take any pictures of it. It was a rather small museum but had so much info about slaves in Charleston.
View from the slave quarters at Aiken-Rhett house
Several rooms in the slave quarters did not have outside windows, only internal windows to the hallway.
Courtyard of Aiken-Rhett house
Charleston is full of houses with beautiful porches.
Mirror mirror....
Fried green tomatoes and she crab soup at Poogan's Porch. YUM
Small post office museum
Ironworks are found everywhere in Charleston. This was inside the Charleston post office
Love the cobblestone streets!!
A beer on the Marriott rooftop...Kev's tired after another 9 mile day of walking
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