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

Beautiful Savannah

Greetings,

I'm here in Savannah just chilling with my new friend. Savannah is a city with so much natural beauty. Lots of gorgeous  trees that I liked to pay personal homage to, (if you get my drift)

The historic district is laid out in a grid with  beautiful squares with statues and fountains

and the gold leaf city hall.

We walked through the old Colonial Park cemetery, the final resting place for Savannahians who died between 1750 and 1853.

So many beautiful churches 

and homes line the streets.

Mom came here with her Girl Scout troop in the 1960's to visit Juliette Gordon Lows birthplace and the headquarters of the Girl Scouts.

We saw the home where General Sherman was headquartered from 1864-1865.

as well as the Owens- Thomas house where the Marquis de Lafayette stayed when he visited in 1825

 and the balcony where he addressed the populace.

The historic waterfront, with old buildings

riverboats

and the very touristy area of the waterfront.

As we walked around the city, Dad saw this banner and thought they were giving out free Georgia ice tea....

but soon found out there were selling something else, so he headed for the World of Beers for a liquid refreshment break. He had a hard time making a choice!

We spent our last day on Hilton Head, relaxing before we head to Charleston.

Adios,
Yuki