We began our visit in Charleston, SC by taking a horse drawn carriage tour with Palmetto Tours. Our guide, Van, was very interesting. He explained the history of Charleston as well as a lot about the architecture. Here are pictures of some of the things we saw.
Plenty of cobblestone streets remain.
Several of the churches. Charleston's nickname is the Holy City because of the number of steeples seen in the skyline.
Interesting things seen in windows.
The arrow points to the remains of a seawall that went around Charleston. That is actually the top of an 8 ft seawall.
Just thought it was cool how these pictures turned out.
A sign on the bench at the carriage company.
Then we went to visit Fort Sumter where the Civil War began. There was a visitor center near the river but you had to take a boat ride out to the island where Fort Sumter is located. Here are pictures from our trip to Fort Sumter.
Displays at the visitor center. That's a quilt used to help slaves with the underground railroad. The square box is an old ballot box.
You can adopt a cannon if you so desire.
I was standing outside the fort. LW is in the white t-shirt at the top of the fort where the arrow is pointing.
The flag that was flying over the fort when the Civil War began.
I loved the city Market area which is an open area with vendors and the painted row homes.
Vendors were selling sweet grass baskets at City market and all over South Carolina.
Charleston is a lovely city.
