Charleston, SC | Carriage Ride & City Market

We were advised to take a carriage ride and to specifically look for “the big red barn”. We walked from our hotel to PalmettoCarriage rides. The barn was very clean and everything seemed well organized. Our tour guide Jason was very knowledgeable and had fun anecdotes to tell. We were surprised when Jason first told us he didn’t know what route he was taking us. We thought he was joking but it was the truth. The route for every carriage tour is determined by the city’s “bingo” machine. Once we made our stop to this bingo machine and got our route, we headed towards our tour. It was fantastic!

A lot of old buildings have these circles in their façades. It turned out to be rods screwed into the buildings to prevent structural damage due to earthquakes. 

This is King Street, where our hotel was located. 

The Charleston City Market was fun to visit. It reminded me of our own “Second Street Market” but in a much larger scale. 

I was very excited to see these baskets. They are locally made with sweet grass that grows in the marsh. They are very durable and somewhat heavy.

The Charleston Shoe Company had really cute sandals and shoes. I turned one over and it had the “Made in Mexico” seal. I asked the vendor where in Mexico they were made and she said San Miguel de Allende. 

 

15 Year Wedding Anniversary | Charleston, SC

 Last week on October 20, 2022 Cameron and I celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary. Cameron planned our anniversary trip to Charleston, SC and it was amazing. 

We stayed at Fulton Lane Inn; right in the historic district close to shopping and restaurants. 

Our plane from Cincinnati to Atlanta was huge: nine seats per row. 

Our suite at Fulton Lane was really pretty and the bathroom had a jacuzzi and bidet! 

Our hotel on King Street

Our first meal in Charleston was dinner at 167 Raw, a restaurant across the street from our hotel. I had the best swordfish sandwich and Cameron had the tuna burger. I didn’t take food pictures. I was hungry and exhausted! Ha! 

Happy Birthday Babe!

 The girls wanted to make Cameron’s birthday cake so they asked him for his favorite choices. Among them he requested chocolate salted caramel cake. After researching a few recipes, the girls opted for a Martha Stewart recipe. The cake was really good and beautifully made. 

We enjoyed celebrating Cameron’s birthday with our family. 

Visiting LST-325

We had the amazing opportunity to visit the LST-325 in Cincinnati yesterday with our homeschool group. This Loading Ship Tank was part of D-Day in the invasion of Omaha Beach (Normandy, France). The part that game me chills was comparing the pictures of our group going into the ship and the picture of German prisoners exiting the ship in June 1944. 

What a great piece of history we got to experience today.