Charleston

In Charleston, we stayed at this FABULOUS hotel. It is called the Vendue Inn. The staff was extra friendly, they had free breakfast that was made to order, ice cold water all day, wine and cheese at 5:00, cookies and milk at 9:00 and free beach cruisers to tour the city. We had a deluxe jr. suite for $169.00 a night. Great value! It was right by the ocean too.

This was our bedroom.

This was the living room in the suite, it had a fireplace and tv. The sun was coming in the other side of the suite so I couldn't get a good picture. It also had a full kitchen.

These beautiful wreaths were hung on all the hotel windows down the sidewalk.

We used these free beach cruisers to cruise the town and it was the highlight of the trip. We had so much fun. The town has hardly any traffic and it was totally safe.

The view from the dock by our hotel.

A local, he was fishing.

All the kids were playing in this fountain. You can't see them in this picture, but under the bottom tier, there were 4 kids swimming around. Kids were everywhere!

I found it fascinating that the trees grew right over the curb. It California, they would have taken this tree down.

They had some of the most beautiful, gigantic houses I have ever seen!

Some were 4 stories high and were incredibly beautiful.

Once again, they all had these amazing gardens behind their wrought iron fences. The more wrought iron a home had, the more wealth the family had.

Pretty little planters everywhere.

Wonderfully inviting doorways.

A lot of beautiful architecture.

Charleston is some times referred to as the "Holy City" because of all the church spires.

Unfortunately, we only spent one full day in Charleston. Had I know how beautiful it was, I would have stayed longer. We tried to cancel one day in Savannah, but the penalty was too high so we headed back. Charleston wasn't as hot and had cool breezes. I would have liked to visit a home or two, but there wasn't enough time. The shopping was way better than in Savannah and more restaurants to choose from.