Charleston: Friday 5/20

We flew into Charleston on Friday night around 5:00, got our rental car and drove straight to downtown Charleston. It was love at first sight!

Even the alleys were beautiful. It was neat to see the cobblestone streets.

We parked right by the water, and walked down the battery. The houses that lined the street were the epitome of old southern mansions.

Huge porches with tons of trees. I just knew the owners were sitting out there in their rocking chairs drinking sweet tea. :)

Porches on every house, love! Most of these houses were worth 5-7 million dollars!

Looking down East Bay Street on the left with the Harbor on the right

Bryan by the Charleston Harbor

My turn!

This is the bridge that links Mt. Pleasant (where our hotel was) with downtown Charleston. It's the longest cable-stayed bridge in America. It was really fun driving over it.

I loved that they had parks right by the water. Those trees are Palmettos, and they were everywhere. They are different than palm trees. Palmettos are South Carolina's state tree.

This is right off the pier in Charleston Harbor. It reminded me of Dawson's Creek. :)

We ate dinner at Southend Brewery that night and it was very good! What I loved about all the restaurants in both Charleston and Savannah, was that it was a guarantee that they would have fried green tomatoes on the menu. Talk about southern!

After dinner we walked around the city. We walked up and down King Street where all the shops are. It was late at night but we felt really safe. We also noticed that Charleston was really clean, especially the downtown. After we walked about 5 miles (maybe flip flops wasn't the best idea, sorry mom), we walked back to our car, and drove over the bridge to Mount Pleasant to where we stayed the night. The next day we continued our exploration of Charleston.

Come back for more pictures of our southern adventure!