VISTING CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA

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Over the holiday break, we visited Charleston, South Carolina. Well, we really were kind of out in the country near Holly Hill, but that's another story. We knew we had to get into town and explore some of the great history and sites that Charleston had to offer.

We started by doing some searches about must sees and do's in Charleston and found that everybody recommended Battery and White Point Gardens (seemingly the same place). So, this is where we started our travel adventure and it was beautiful! The weather couldn't have been better, we saw beautiful, old oak trees, cannon, Ft. Sumter off in the distance, statues, and lots of old South homes.

After exploring the Battery Park area of Charleston, we decided to stop by the open air Charleston City Market and see if we could find a candy store that many locals recommended. We'd been to the Charleston City Market before and it was still a fun experience where we tried okra chips for the first time. At the end of the market, we could see the Carnival cruise ship and it's port only a block away from the market. Very convenient if you're visiting Charleston while on a Carnival cruise.

We still hadn't found the candy store, but we accidentally walked right into it as we started heading back to our car! It's right at the end of the Charleston City Market, just across the street. It was a lot of fun inside, with candy being made, model trains carrying candy about the store, and barrels full of treats! It's called the Charleston Candy Kitchen and it's inside a building that used to be an Episcopal church.....along with two bars. Not sure what that says about the church, but found it interesting.

It was a quick adventure in downtown Charleston, but we accomplished a lot and enjoyed the time, very much.

Battery Park (also known as The Battery), which includes a park known as White Point Gardens, is a landmark promenade in Charleston, South Carolina famous for its stately antebellum homes. First used as a public park in 1837, it became a place for artillery during theAmerican Civil War. It stretches along the shores of the Charleston peninsula, bordered by the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Fort Sumter is visible from the Cooper River side and the point, as is Castle Pinckney, the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), Fort Moultrie, and Sullivan's Island.

Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.

Market Hall and the sheds of the City Market, or Centre Market, comprise a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street. In 1973, Market Hall, which has been described as a building of the "highest architectural design quality,"[1] was designated a National Historic Landmark, and was listed, along with its accompanying sheds, on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Initially known as the Centre Market, Charleston's City Market was developed as a replacement for the city's Beef Market building, which burned in 1796. Market Hall, designed by Charleston architect Edward B. White, was added in the early 1840s. Throughout the 19th century, the market provided a convenient place for area farms and plantations to sell beef and produce, and also acted as a place for locals to gather and socialize.[4] Today, the City Market's vendors sell souvenirs and other items ranging from jewelry to Gullahsweetgrass baskets.

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[gimiesome]

I hope you didn't miss out on the boiled peanuts........ Regular and spicy, I love the spicy.

[ufbuilder]

@gimiesome Boiled peanuts are a Southern staple! I never miss a chance to get some.

[l0gically]

Cool footage - thanks for sharing.