Charleston, SC

Rainbow Row

We spent the next day touring Charleston. We went on a walking tour with Mary Helen from Two Sisters Walking Tours .  The tour lasted just over 2 hours and was absolutely fabulous.  I can’t imagine visiting Charleston any other way.  Mary Helen is vivacious, energetic,  well spoken, and has lived in Charleston since childhood.  We had so much fun on the tour.  Before the tour Aislin expressed concern that it would be hot and we would be walking for two hours and her tennis shoes are too small..halfway through the tour she asked Mary Helen if we could make the tour longer.  Charleston is beautiful, has done a lot over the years to preserve its historic buildings many of which  date back to the revolutionary war.   
Many of the homes had flower boxes contributing to Charleston’s charm.  The city is shaded by live oak trees that are hundreds of years old.  They work hard to protect their trees.   There was a wall of an old Confederate warehouse, the space now being used for parking.  Where the tree started growing into the wall they just reshaped the wall around the tree, allowing all of history to coexist.

wall rebuilt around tree

St Michael’s Church built in 1761

Carved Mahogany Pulpit, St Michael’s Church

The large, long double-pew in the center of the church, No. 43, originally known as “The Governor’s Pew,” is the one in which President George Washington worshipped on Sunday afternoon, May 8, 1791

Ben and Aislin with our tour guide Mary Helen

We loved Charleston and plan to return and spend much longer next time!