We awoke in Charleston. This city marked our halfway point on our unusual college spring break trip. Mark, Todd, Will and I slept in tents during our entire trip until Charleston. Ryan Strubeck, a good friend of mine from both high school and Texas A&M has a beach house in South Carolina, and opened his home to us during our stay. It was amazing. {Ryan if you are reading this you made our trip, thank you and your family so much.} We were all very excited to visit Charleston, one reason being is that Charleston is ranked in Travel and Leisure as the one of the best cities to travel to within the United States. After we woke up, Ryan took us into the city to a restaurant called “Toasts”. As we drove down Meeting Street to get to the restaurant, Ryan explained to us just how much history is intertwined with the city. Looking back that was probably one of the neatest things about the city itself.
After breakfast we decided to walk around Battery Park and take in the Charleston Architecture. As we walked along the park we saw gorgeous mansions that have been in existence for a very long time. Everything was just so perfect and beautiful. The houses had beautiful petunias alongside the sidewalks and you couldn’t turn a corner without seeing fresh flowers, it was unreal. After we walked through the houses and alleyways we decided to split up. Mark, Will, Todd and I caught a ferry to go see Fort Sumter. We drove over there and got to Ravenel Bridge, the place where the ferry took off from. We missed the ferry so we had a few hours to kill until the next trip. We decided to drive to Morris Island’s Lighthouse.
The day was sunny and clear, it was so pristine. We drove over a few bridges and arrived to Morris Island. There was a small walk to the beach but once we got there our world was covered in a dense fog. We decided to walk down the beach to look for the lighthouse that sat on the water. As we walked we came across a man standing by the coast smoking his pipe and resting his hands on his cane. Immediately we introduced ourselves as Aggie students visiting Charleston during our tour of the southeast. We talked with him for about 45 minutes, and later he pointed to the direction of the lighthouse. We look and didn’t see a single line or contour that would resemble the lighthouse. Fog had defeated our trip but we did have a great time talking with the man about life. We looked down at our watches and realized that we were cutting it close on time to make it back to the ferry for Ft. Sumter. We said goodbye and quickly made our way back to the car. Mark floored it over bridges and small roads then furiously pulled into the loading dock. We jumped out of the car and watched as the ferry putted away towards the island. It was the last one of the day and we could not believe we missed it.
We then decided to just drive around the city and explore. We stopped at the College of Charleston and threw the frisbee in Marion Square for a while, acting as though we were college students there. There were a few cathedrals around the field so we visited a couple of them. One in particular that we saw was St. Matthews Lutheran Cathedral.
After travelling around the city, checking out the markets, and eating a delicious chocolate covered praline we decided it was time for dinner. Ryan highly reccommended us to eat at Hymans, so we did. He met us there and it was amazing. We had something called a Carolina Delight and it was incredibly tasty. We decided that after the meal we were ready to call it a day, so we headed back to get some sleep.
Charleston was such an amazing city and it turned out to be one of my favorite places we went to during our Spring Break trip. It was so great being able to see Strubeck but also it such an amazing city and place in this country. There was so much to take in and it only whetted my appetite to see it again. If you ever have a chance to go to this city do so. It has such a unique character, beautiful architecture, and is dripping with history.
Also I had to add this last photo in as well. These grouping of houses are part a whole called “Rainbow Road”. I had a very difficult time capturing them in an image but I hope this gives you a idea of what they are. Thank you for reading my blog!
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