Another historic sea city. Colonized by the British. Rich from rice, indigo and cotton through African slaves. Surviving the Revolutionary war, fire, a major earthquake, hurricanes and then the Civil War, it is not only still standing but alive and bustling. It feels European and Southern and tropical all at the same time. No downtown full of high rises. It’s got cobble streets, massive church steeples, historic buildings and residential homes hundreds of years old, still occupied.
The Old Exchange and Dungeon.
Commissioned by wealthy British colonists. Originally the site for the lookout on the sea wall.
Located on the half circle of the sea wall.
Here in the dungeon, is that half circle of the sea wall. (Overtime the sea in front of the wall was filled with rocks/land and the city expanded outwards.)
History of the building through time and some stories of revolutionary prisoners and hiding gun powder from the British in their very own building.
A slave market.
The Civil War-Fort Sumter
WWII-USS Yorktown CV-10, aircraft carrier
Charleston has an abundant food scene. While in the “south” we made sure to have some southern food. A couple great local hotspots we tried where Poogans porch, Vicious Biscuit and the best BBQ place we’ve ever had, because the sides were awesome too! Lewis BBQ. The line running far outside the door was proof. Yum! Well worth the wait!
We also found the best donut place. Not just original flavours but the donut itself, eventhough seemly heavy was moist and totally satisfying. Yum. BKeDShop. Great coffee too, Kingsand homemade syrups.
To our delight peach season has started! Lovely with honey and yogurt.
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