Sunday, April 9
We headed into Charleston and went straight to Mt. Pleasant park which is across the river from the downtown area. It was lovely walking in the sunshine although there was a bit of a cool breeze, and the park and views towards Patriots Point were great.
We drove into town, parked the car and walked up and down the 2 main shopping streets, King and Meeting. On the second Sunday of each month the city closes King St to traffic at Calhoun St and turn it into a pedestrian mall. There were lots of people walking along this street, along with many buskers who were very talented, so we had lots of entertainment as we window shopped.
Later in the afternoon we went and got the car to drive to the Battery area, which is where the cannons and mortars were located to protect the harbour during the Revolutionary war as well as the Civil War. These along with Fort Sumter which is in the middle of the harbour provided a great line of defence. There were also lots of magnificent houses in the Battery area, so it was fascinating seeing where most of the wealth is located.
We headed into Charleston and went straight to Mt. Pleasant park which is across the river from the downtown area. It was lovely walking in the sunshine although there was a bit of a cool breeze, and the park and views towards Patriots Point were great.
We drove into town, parked the car and walked up and down the 2 main shopping streets, King and Meeting. On the second Sunday of each month the city closes King St to traffic at Calhoun St and turn it into a pedestrian mall. There were lots of people walking along this street, along with many buskers who were very talented, so we had lots of entertainment as we window shopped.
Later in the afternoon we went and got the car to drive to the Battery area, which is where the cannons and mortars were located to protect the harbour during the Revolutionary war as well as the Civil War. These along with Fort Sumter which is in the middle of the harbour provided a great line of defence. There were also lots of magnificent houses in the Battery area, so it was fascinating seeing where most of the wealth is located.
At 6pm we went to one of the nearby old churches where we had seen they have a Jazz Vespers service every second Sunday, so we lucked out on 2 special events on the day we were in town.
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