Another full day in the South, this time touring the #1 city to visit in the world according to the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine…
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Lisa is a history teacher, so naturally we started with the place where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Fort Sumter National Monument.
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Since Fort Sumter is on an island, the only way to get there was via boat. So we took the first departure of the day at 9:30am.
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After our visit to Fort Sumter, we had a small lunch and then took a Charleston history walking tour with Damn Yankee Tours. Our guide, Paulette, took us to major sights and others not-so-major…
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Our guide, Paulette, is a retired history teacher and since we were the only ones on the tour, she was our own personal guide for almost three hours
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After our tour, we continued with the Old Exchange Building and Provost Dungeon — here we had a docent lead us through the dungeon area and told stories of some famous prisoners here, like Stede Bonnet, aka “The Gentleman Pirate”
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The Old Exchange Building is where the Declaration of Independence was read for the citizens of South Carolina
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Dinner at Fleet Landing, with regional specialties Hush Puppies stuffed with shrimp and lobster, and our main dish of shrimp and Andouille sausage over grits.
Expense ledger:
$0.00 | Hyatt hotel – paid for with award points |
$39.00 | Sumpter Ferry Tour |
$10.93 | Souvenirs |
$7.74 | Subway lunch |
$29.00 | Damn Yankee tour and tip |
$10.00 | Old Exchange Building admission |
$45.00 | Fleet Landing dinner & tip |
$3.17 | Souvenir |
$1.61 | Dessert Canoli |
$16.00 | Parking fee |
$162.45 | TOTAL |