A trip to Charleston

Having visited South Carolina's largest city some 20 odd years back it was time for a repeat. This time we drove out for a weekend getaway.

Highway system in the Carolina's is fairly well maintained and funded. As such the drive time was not too shabby. Arriving mid day we sought some nourishment and found it a place eponymously called North of Broad.

Sandwich and soups were good filling.

Then it was on to strolling along the promenade at the peninsula and some of the streets with the old architecture kept up through their designation as Historic Places or through some TLC from their loving owners.

The styles of buildings are many and I am no architect but the primary versions include Antebellum (from mid 19th century) with the large two story columns on the façade, and the Georgian or Victorian styles from the 17th century.

We also managed to drive on the recently completed cable stay bridge - one of the longest in the western hemisphere. Amazing architecture of a modern kind it was a delight to go across it and back.

Visited a warship while on the island east of Charleston.

All in all a good day was had by all.

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