Boone Hall, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

When in the Old South one must make a trip to see the old plantations. One of the stops was to see Boone Hall Plantation, founded in 1681 by Major Boone and it belonged to his descendants until 1955 when it was purchased by the McRae family. A member of the family still lives in the plantation home on the 2nd floor while the 1st floor is open for tours.

  

The entrance fee is a little pricey but I think it is worth it if you appreciate history and beauty or if you would like a better of understanding of how the Old South was.

The Cotton Gin house built in 1853

The house was built in 1936, it was built directly on top of the original house. Many people think that all the houses were like the house in Gone with the Wind during the Antebellum era. The houses were actually wooden farm houses and the mansions were built in the main cities like Charleston.

Inside one of the slave cabins

The row of slave cabins, only a portion of them

The slaves molded the bricks for their houses, you can actually see their hand prints or fingerprints in some of the bricks. 

Another set of prints, according to the tour guide these bricks are going to the Smithsonian. I do not agree with the action but my opinion does not matter here.

The Avenue of Oaks. If you recognize this image it is because this avenue was used to film a portion of the film Gone with the Wind. It would have led up to the Wilkes's home.

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Charleston, SC: Food edition

Charleston is known for their food quality which is great in case you were wondering. I didn't take any pictures of food but I will let you know where I ate.

1. S.N.O.B- slightly north of broad. In downtown Charleston. I had an amazing fruit and cheese plate with a bruschetta. Absolutely would go again. WOOT WOOT

2. Tsunami- It's an Asian restaurant. In downtown Charleston. I can get better sushi in my town but this one  had hibachi (made in the kitchen). My friends adore this place and is one of their favourite spots. The sushi was delicious but I prefer to visit places where I cannot find similar in my town.

3. Gilligans- This was actually outside of North Charleston, in a small town. It sat out on the river and was a seafood joint. My friends also love this place, I found it to alright. I wasn't too impressed. I got the shrimp po'boy, but I can make a better one and get a better one where I live.

4.The Sesame Burger- some of the best burgers I have ever had, they had the option of choosing 3 different slider burgers to try. I chose this option. This restaurant uses hormone free and free range meat, they also cater to vegetarian and vegan diets. I am neither so I went for the meat and it was delicious. The burgers I chose were 'down south (american cheese, caramelized onion and bacon)', 'gourmet (goat cheese spread and portobello mushroom)', and the 'southwestern (guacamole and chipotle sour cream). I would recommend then restaurant and would visit again.

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Ft. Sumter: Charleston, SC

I returned to the U.S and I decided a few weekends after my return I needed to get back to my Southern roots. What better place than to visit one of the most historical southern cities in the U.S (also a couple of friends live here).
This is where the Civil War began aka 'the war between the states', 'the war of northern aggression', 'war for southern independence', ' war of rebellion'.

To arrive at the site you have to take a ferry around the harbour which is about a 30 minute ride and you walk around the site for about 2 hours.

They covered up where the cannons would have gone through in some areas but this is where the cannons would have been placed. 

 The mortar of the bricks

The battery

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