Ahhh, Charleston, South Carolina!

On October 26th in the early evening we arrived in Charleston, SC.  I have been wanting to visit Charleston for years but had never made the time.  At my mother's insistence (she knows me so well), we added it to our itinerary.  We stayed at the Harbour View Inn which, in itself, was absolutely divine.  While the Valet was assisting us with our bags and "checking in" the car, he radioed that "Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are arriving for check in".  We proceeded to the desk whereupon they gave us our key, explained our breakfast would be delivered at a time we specified in a location of our choice: our room, the atrium, the main lobby or the roof-top terrace and that a gift bag was waiting in our room.  They also explained there was a wine reception every evening from 4:30-6:00 (it was 6:15 so we just missed that evening's), and hot cookies were served with milk every night at 9:00 p.m.  Turn-down service would be in anywhere between 7:00 and 8:30 (the had the radio playing soft music and, of course, chocolates on our pillows), and that fresh coffee, tea, lemonade, sweet ice tea and light snacks were available all day and night in the atrium and the main lobby.  Wow!  I have stayed at some very nice places but this one sets a new bar.

When we got to our room we soon found we hadn't missed the wine reception after all.  There were actually 2 of these but we finished one before I remembered to take a picture.

Here's our room:

And our view...

We stepped outside and caught this beautiful sunset.  My picture does not even begin to do it justice.



Originally, we planned to stay just Friday night and Saturday night but after an evening's stroll we reserved an additional night.










During our stay, we enjoyed only a few of the wonderful sights and attractions.  As always, my very favorite thing to do is simply stroll.  Here are a few interesting sights:

As suggested by a couple of friends, we had Brunch at Poogan's Porch.  I had the BEST crab cake Eggs Benedict

















And I can't resist a few more shots of the Inn:

During our stay we visited the Market Place, took a buggy ride, did a walking tour, toured a couple of the old homes, did a night time ghost tour of the old jail, ventured off on our own, ate, ate again, and ate some more.  Returning to Charleston for a longer stay is most definitely on my bucket list.  Perhaps we will plan a multiple week visit and rent one of the many efficiencies available in the old district.