Travel Tuesday - Charleston, South Carolina

Two Meeting Street Inn, my sweetie & I had the pleasure of staying here about six years ago. If you ever go to Charleston, I would recommend one of the wonderful Inns they have all over the city. This one is one of the prettiest I have ever been too. They include this inn on the tours of the city. Click on to the link above and check it out, it is probably one of the most romantic inns in the country.

Okay, why do I have a grave on my Travel Tuesday to Charleston because the graves there are so old and interesting. We spent alot of time going through this graveyard yesterday. It was on the property of an old church and it had many old graves. Click on the picture and read what it says about this lady. I love what they wrote of her life. The grave next to hers was her husband and her daughter was on the other side and each one was just like this. You could tell just by reading it how much they loved God. I honestly could have spent more time reading the gravestones.
This is my sweet niece Maria, who is so lucky to live in Charleston. We ate at Bubba Gumps. I am going to have to really get serious about Weight Watchers again, this eating out stuff is killing my good intentions to eat well.

This is in the graveyard of the church. My daughter Melissa, Maria and my sweetie.

Today we are heading to Charleston, South Carolina where you will find more charm and flavor of the south than any city in America. The history here is fascinating and it is everywhere you go. Fort Sumter is one of the historic sites to see, it is where the first shot of the civil war was fired. You can get to Fort Sumter by a boat tour, it's well worth the trip. Magnolia Plantation is another historic site to see, ten generations of the Drayton family have lived there since the 1670's. And there are so many historic houses to see in Charleston, one of them is the Nathaniel Russell House built in 1808. Honestly we could spend many Travel Tuesdays talking about Charleston, there is that much to do. I would recommend one of the horse drawn carriage rides where the guides tell you all about the history of the city and point out all the historical sites. It is quite frankly one of the most romantic cities in the country. And if you get tired of all that history all you have to do is cross a bridge and go to the Isle of Palms or Sullivan's Island and you're at the beach. Is anyone out there a Gone With the Wind fan? Do you remember the part of the book or movie where Rhett says to Scarlett that he's going home to Charleston where he can find the calm dignity that life can have when it's lived by gentle folks and that he didn't realize the charm of that. That charm is Charleston! Well, the south is so much fun, let's continue on with it next week. Next week we go to Savannah.

Safe Travels,

Joan