A walking tour of Charleston
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Sat 10 Jul 2010 13:27
Charleston, South Carolina - The Holy
City
Charleston is a charming and beautiful small city -
- with magnificently maintained 18th century homes, very friendly people
and a great attention to food! It is nicknamed the Holy City due to the
large number of church spires peppering the skyline. The city is small enough to
walk around and braving the extreme heat (35deg) Mike and I took a few walks.
These are some photographs of the sights along the way.
Many of these homes are positioned
'side-on' to the street with huge balconies facing sideward. The entrance to the
home could be via a door on to the lower balcony, as per the house on the right.
Taking a tour through the city is usually done by horse-drawn cart - everything
runs at a much slower, more genteel pace.
To keep down the temperatures around the
homes there are beautiful and lush gardens, often with
fountains! Even the sidewalks have gardens, where dogs can
obviously be a problem!
The public buildings are beautifully
restored, many still being used for their original function - this is the post
office - which reminded me of the beautiful Standard bank ABC building in
Adderely St, where my dad worked. Notice the antique post-boxes behind Mike -
which are still used by the locals! What a civilized place to pick up your
mail.
One of the many churches - and the old
Customs House. Sadly this is not where we had to clear in ... that was
down in the dusty commercial port!