Historic Charleston

Hi,

You won't find any pictures of me on this post, as I had to stay in the motorhome while mom and dad toured Charleston. So I picked some pictures to share that I hope will reflect the beauty of this city, it's  public squares,

the old market place,

Mom and dad took a historic walking tour in the morning and an architectural  tour in the afternoon. Lot's of walking and looking at so many grand homes - this one is called a "single house". These long, narrow houses are turned sideways so that only one room on each floor faces the street. When Charleston was laid out, it was necessary to position most homes this way so they could fit into the deep, narrow lots.

Wider lots, for double homes 

allowed for  grand piazzas (porches)

 colorful row homes

They took a tour through the Nathaniel Russel house, one of the nation's finest examples of Federal style architecture. Too bad they didn't allow photos inside the house.

They stopped to admire the many churches, St. Phillips

the beautiful Circular church

and many graveyards, dad liked this tombstone in the shape of a bed headboard, the final resting place.

The gothic revival style Huguenot church

and a special stop at St. Michael's 

to take a picture of the wrought iron doors in the cemetery

as mom bought a sterling silver necklace in the shape of this medallion

The wrought ironwork adorned much of the city, much of it dating back to the 18th and 19th century, but also features the work of Phillip Simmons, a renowned African-American blacksmith.

Mom and dad had some great southern meals...shrimp and grits, frogmore stew, fried green tomatoes, fried blue crab.... Anybody interested in a recipe for some great she crab soup?

Tomorrow I am going to go on some day trips with them, so stay tuned!
Adios, 
Yuki