Charleston, South Carolina

These pictures were taken in Charleston, South Carolina. While Charleston is really beautiful, it can not compare to Savannah in my mind. While we were visiting in Charleston, we stayed on the Isle of Palms (which is actually across this big curvy, scary bridge from Charleston). The first day we were there, we ate at this little local place right on the water. They had the best Shrimp Po' Boys I have ever eaten. We did everything in Charleston. We went on ghost walk tours, we went on horse and buggy/history tours, we visited the Customs House, we went to market (just like the little piggies we are), etc., etc., etc. Charleston is great. There is so much history there that it is unbelievable. The above pictures are of the Mills House Hotel and the Riviera Theatre. The Mills House Hotel is where General Robert E. Lee stayed when he was in Charleston. Our horse and buggy/history tour guide, Adam, told us that there was a great fire in Charleston during that time. General Lee told the servants to take sheets, blankets, quilts, etc., wet them and hang them around the outside of the building. When the fire was finally out, every building in the surrounding blocks had been burned down but the Mills House Hotel was fine. The Riviera Theatre opened in 1939. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tour Guide Adam also told us that the Riviera Theatre premiered the first color movie. The Customs House is also a really neat place to visit. They have a real treasure chest dating from the time that Black Beard the Pirate was imprisoned there. (For those of you who know me well, you will know that I love the pirates!) The market is a really fun place to visit. They have handmade sweet grass baskets and just about anything else you might want. I bought a really cool handmade purse there. The names of the streets in Charleston were also interesting. Streets that now are named Market Street, King Street, etc. began their life with really interesting names such as the street that leadeth to market and the street that the king prefereth. In a nutshell, Charleston makes me long for the past in a world that is filled with the future.