charleston love affair

>> Thursday, November 5, 2009

describing our trip plans to numerous people we have had overwhelmingly positive responses when we mention charleston, south carolina.  we are here and we are in love.  this city of charleston is every bit of what people describe and more.  the city has old world charm and sophistication, it is clean and the southern people are friendly.  the food is die for and the beach is back yard.  palmetto tree lined streets make it feel tropical and the architecture european.  the city is lively and colorful and the shopping on king street is abundant.


 
view from a roof deck on market street



 
view of the park by the battery



museum on market



 
views from some of the church yards
 

Posted by andrew at 9:28 AM
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4 comments:

Anonymous November 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM  

KK-
Hope you guys are having a great time! If you get a chance while in Charleston, head to Jestine's kitchen - fabulous southern cafe which is just amazing!

Enjoy-
Joy Marsh

Coleen November 5, 2009 at 3:21 PM  

I knew you two would love it

rosemary cumba November 5, 2009 at 7:54 PM  

Hey big boy sounds like a cool place, enjoy, how long will you stay ??? Is the beach right there????

andrew November 6, 2009 at 8:51 AM  

we are almost done with our week here. and yes there are 3 beaches: folly, sullivan's island and isle of palms... you would absolutely love this city!

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my wife and i have had a fairly mundane life so far. we live in northern delaware where we met, fell in love, bought a house and got married. we enjoy traveling, camping, surfing and eating well and we do not have any children. we are in our mid-thirties and have average careers, not glamorous or high paying, but consistent none the less. as time passes day to day in our mundane life there has been something growing stronger inside of us for years. that something is the need to break out of our slumber and live life to the fullest. we want to see the world and find a place by the edge of the sea to call home and open our own business. we keep revisiting this idea, reinventing the plan, but never following through. last december we got serious... we wrote down goals, step by step, to move towards achieving our dreams. we created a budget and decided we could feasible travel in our pop-up camper for 3 months exploring the coast in search for the place we wanted to live. we saved money for traveling, we got our house appraised, we worked on curb appeal & we sold cumbersome unessential possessions. last big step was to sell our house and our target was September. we finally got our house on the market on friday, september 25. we had
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in 2004 my parents took my entire family on a Hawaiian cruise. during this cruise i had a life altering experience... a surf lesson on the island of maui. being a water person already, i immediately i had a definitive connection with surfing. upon arrival back in delaware i went out and purchased my first surf board. i started surfing the local breaks occasionally. i got my closest friends into it and they too ended up buying boards. occasionally turned into frequently and then every day off of work. my first board turned into several and then into a quiver. surfing started as a hobby, a mere fascination and now is a lifestyle that provides me spiritual well being. the connection to a higher power is never more present than during a good dawn session. out in the line up the stressful hustle bustle of life melts away and i can get quiet with god and recharge my internal battery. i'm sure surfing means different things to different people, but for me it is about the soul. i feel i am a better person because what surfing does for me and i will pursue that feeling for the rest of my life.

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