CHARLESTON, S.C. : Nice weekend visit.

Just got back from a long weekend (Wed. – Sun.) in Charleston, South Carolina. My wife suggested the city as a convenient and interesting place to meet our friends who reside in North Carolina.

It was a combination beach time fun and visiting some historical places as well as the city. I knew it was going to be hot but really…that hot?

We stayed at a condo on the Isle of Palms at the Wild Dunes Resort…what a large place…they had everything but cooler weather.

Fine dinning was also on the menu as Charleston is known for Low Country Cooking. We recommend a very non-descript place called FIG…fantastic…lots of fish and other sea creatures and fantastic She Crab Soup.

Had to visit FORT SUMPTER where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. They really do a great job in re-telling the history of the Fort and reasons for the Civil War as many visitors were foreigners.

The city itself is a splendid example of ante-bellum South (the city was spared during the Civil War). We are actually considering going back and staying in the city itself (no beach time) to really get a close up and extended feel for the architecture and history and more fine dinning.

We found out that BMWs are built here and EXPORTED to Europe; what a switch! We also saw the big new BOEING plant that will build the new 787s (Dreamliner); this is the plant that is being challenged by the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) which does not like the non-union status of the workers in this right-to-work state (see past blogs).

Our next visit here will definitely NOT be in the summer!