Just got back from visiting my sister in South Carolina for
a couple of days! It was nice to get a bit of a break and spend some time with
her. Charlestown isn’t a bad little city, it was my first time to South
Carolina and I thought it was a lot of fun!
We visited Folly Beach, which is the big beach in town that
everyone goes to. It is free to visit, which is super cool, and it’s a really
nice beach. Then there is also the Angel Oak, which is the oldest and biggest
oak tree in SC, really cool spot to see and take pictures. That is pretty close
to North America’s only tea plantation, which features a free tour of the
factory and a nice tea sampling area. (It has both hot and cold tea, very
nice.) Another historic plantation is the Magnolia Gardens, which used to be a
rice plantation, but now boasts beautiful gardens and nature.
One fun fact about Charleston is that it has the highest
number of historic buildings besides Rome. A lot of it is very old! There are
historic house tours that you can go on, I haven’t been on any, but my sister
had a lot of fun on one of them.
My main complaint about Charleston was that there was not
very much in the way of public transportation there. I saw a couple buses, but
other than that it looks like everyone just drives everywhere. Which not only
seems annoying, but it is bad for the environment around there.
So Charleston is a lovely city to visit and relax at the
beach, while taking in some history and nature. Would highly recommend as a
getaway!
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