Charleston Part 2

Charleston Part 1

After visiting the Dock Street theater, we continued our walk around Charleston. It was so interesting because pretty much anywhere you looked there was something neat to see! Old cobblestone streets, historical landmarks, informational plaques, or interesting buildings. 

Fancy Target in downtown Charleston! | And some donuts from Glazed. They were good but way overpriced. (They were not anywhere near as good as our favorite Sugar Shack donuts!) 

We had stopped for lunch at a pub near Waterfront Park Pier that was not very good and continued wandering around Charleston. We walked almost 9 miles! We saw a lot and enjoyed the city before ending the day at Off Track ice cream. The ice cream I would definitely recommend! We shared a flight and it was so good! None of us had ever had fresh mint ice cream before and there is really nothing like it. The fresh mint just gives off such a good flavor! Even the vanilla was excellent. All the flavors were so creamy and delicious. My parents and I really enjoyed it!

Despite being such a short trip we really enjoyed our time in Charleston! We all agreed it was somewhere we would go back to. You can easily spend one day exploring the city itself but there is so much to do outside of Charleston you could definitely spend several days exploring the area. We did have one more place we visited in the area that I will share soon!

Have you ever been to Charleston?

Charleston Part 1

Charleston Part 2

At the beginning of the year my parents and I made a quick trip to Charleston, South Carolina. We had never been there before but had heard a lot of positive things about it. Spoiler alert: We liked it! I am not easily impressed with most places. I don't try to be picky but I don't know, I just like places that are interesting or unique and not super touristy and Charleston was actually impressive. While it is a very touristy place it didn't feel like a tourist trap. Especially since we were there at the beginning of January. There really weren't too many people. Although I'm sure it's crazy during the warmer months!

That said, we thought visiting at the beginning of January would mean the weather wouldn't be so humid, but boy were we wrong! Both mornings we were there we woke up to fog and 100% humidity that stayed pretty high all day long. So while the temperature itself wasn't so bad (in the 70's) the humidity was higher than we were expecting.

We stayed just across the Arthur Ravenel bridge in Mount Pleasant and drove into Charleston around 9:30ish. I had found a parking garage the night before while looking at Google maps that was most convenient for us so we parked and started walking around. 

There were hardly any people out and about so it was a nice and quiet morning exploring. We stopped for some coffee and just kind of wandered around. I had a found a few places I wanted to visit, landmarks and such, but for the most part we just wanted to wander around.

During our walking around we came across the Dock Street Theater. Which is the oldest theater in the US and dates back to 1736. 

Have you ever visited Charleston?