We woke up early enough to actually plan our day and book a 9:45 AM sightseeing tour with the Historic Charleston venture. Already I’ve come to love the “Darling” phrase used by everyone! People are just so nice here! So we headed across the bridge and drove to the Charleston Visitor’s Center early just to get a parking space. I have to tell you that parking is at a premium in Charleston, so anytime you can park at the Visitor’s Center parking lot for $1.50 per hour—take the opportunity!
Since the drive from Patriot’s Point across the Ravenell Bridge takes only 15 minutes, we were quite early and settled in on taking breakfast at the Charleston Tea Company across the street.
The Visitor’s Center was actually a converted railroad station. It’s now a central stop off point for visitors and tour busses, and really easy to find!
Lots of things grabbed my attention in Charleston, but most of all, I was enchanted by the verandas. House after house displayed generous verandas, and I could just imagine summer evenings rocking gently and appreciating the cool breezes coming off the ocean.
Tour over—we opted to take the free green public trolleys (aka busses) to travel freely and hop on and off as we wanted. We stopped at churches,
strolled by various legislative buildings,
I loved the gardens and concluded it was so easy to have an impeccable garden because they were so small. Space is at a premium in Charleston, and the houses are close together with small driveways/ parking spaces for cars.
We headed back to the Rainbow Market...
...and grabbed a sandwich for a late lunch... I had the most delicious duck confit sandwich!
Tired, we opted to head back to Patriot’s Point and take a late afternoon nap before deciding what to do next. I took a walk along the pier and snapped these pictures of the hotel and views along the harbor.
Dinner at Sticky Fingers, and then we called the trip to Charleston a success! We were lucky in that the weather held out, and with rain and a cold front moving in, we would be heading back home just in time.
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