First Strolling in DownTown Charleston

This is another reason why they call Charleston "The Holy City".
There are beautiful old churches everywhere.

The Gibbes Museum of Art

One of the so many characteristic buildings in Charleston.

The "Old Slave Mart" Museum

The Charleston Market Hall
and Sheds mark the location of the old Market, now a National Historic Landmark. The land was donated by the Pinckney family in 1788, to be used as a market. The first market burned in 1838; the present structure dates to 1841. Fresh meat and produce were sold here. Today, Market has all manner of goods. This is an excellent place to browse, even if you have no intention of buying anything. On the second floor is a small local museum, courtesy of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Swamp Photos - Magnolia Gardens

Welcome to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

Founded in 1676 by the Drayton family, Magnolia Plantation has survived the centuries and witnessed the history of our nation unfold before it from the American Revolution through the Civil War and beyond. It is the oldest public tourist site in the Lowcountry, and the oldest public gardens in America, opening its doors to visitors in 1872 to view the thousands of beautiful flowers and plants in its famous gardens. So join us here at Magnolia Plantation to experience the beauty of its gardens and its rich history today.


Read more about this wonderful gardens here

WELCOME TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Street scene in Charleston's Down Town

Inviting house front in Charleston

In front of "The Market" in Down Town

Swamps are typical for this region too

And the sunsets here will be very different too - than in Key West


Hello my friends,

I'm back again!

Our move went very smooth so far. Our travel trip of 750 Miles away from Key West to Charleston,SC in the North was big fun - only the weather went from 78F down to 34F and that was a big shock for us, coming from warm Key West, wearing always only shorts and flip-flops every day. I had to buy first warm long pants and closed shoes for me...LOL..

We are now moved in to our very nice apartment and are waiting for the delivery of new furnitures. As soon as we are established here, we will be running out to explore and I will have time enough to do new photos from this very nice town. I'm very excited!

I'll be back soon my friends!

Guess what? We have changed our moving plans!

These pictures are to show you some first impressions from my new home, my new living and working place. A picturesque and very photogenic city with a lot of history, a lot of culture and a lot of love for artists and the arts, ideal place to be in the future for my husband and me. We are very excited to move there! (They were made on one of our previous exploration trips when we were thinking of moving).

Who can recognize this beautiful town?
Write me your guesses in a comment.


I'll be back online as soon as possible, after moving up North 750 Miles and after reinstalling our internet connection...please stay with me in the mean time, don't forget me and write me some comments.
It's very appreciated and THANK you for your loyalty.

It's Time to say GOOD BYE !

It's time to say Good Bye to Key West!

After living for more than 7 years on this wonderful island we are ready to move on. Ready also to move on in life to other horizons, to another destination. Where exactly that will be and what we will do there I don't want tell you just now. It will be a big surprise, I'm sure for that.

Tomorrow it will be my last post for a little while and as a preview I will post some pictures from our NEW location - maybe you will recognize it.... Let me know about in your comments.

So many pictures left - # 7

Somewhere over the rainbow

Palms in Sunset light

Architectural details in Key West

Green, green, green

Climb up a palm tree and bring me one of those coco nuts

So many pictures left - # 6

Moon over Palmetto Tree.

Without Words...

Sea Oak.

Strong Together!

Color or Black & White?

So many pictures left - # 5 Flowers

Blue Orchid in my yard

A beautiful rose

A sort of "Bird of Paradise"

Bougainvilleas hanging over the fence

The Queen of all flowers: the rose

So many pictures left - # 4

Colorful Palm Leaves

Tropical Post Boxes

Typical street scene in Key West

Typical Key West Cat

Open the door please....

Another Award !!!

Thank you sooooooooooooooo much Barbara, I'm so flattered and honored to get another award from you!

YOU really MADE MY DAY!!! :-))

So many pictures left - # 3

The Curry - Mansion

East Martello Tower - Museum

The Gardens Hotel Front porch on Angela Street

The Richard Burton House

The legendary Schooner Wharf Bar

My Wordless Sunday # 12

And the AWARD goes to:

This Award is created by The Love Blog from Barbara Doduk at

http://iamlove.blogspot.com

I’m happy to announce this award to my fellow bloggers below. Nominate as many or as few as you feel need to.

The award goes to:

http://dreamandfeel.blogspot.com Mary’s Blog: “Dream and Feel - Traeumen und Fuehlen” is most written in German but I can feel the LOVE for blogging in every written word from her and in her great photography.You really spread the LOVE, Mary!

http://www.georgianabuta.com/ Reggina tells about her blog: “Being myself is my favorite hobby”. Most posts are written in Rumanian language, but her pictures don’t need any translations, they speak an international language. She spreads the LOVE!

http://mybootsnme.blogspot.com/ Karen and her beautiful and interesting travel blog deserve this award very much. It’s not only the love for traveling what I can feel in her blog, it’s also her big love for photography that she shows in every of her great documentation pictures of her travel – just now she is in Granada, Nicaragua. She spreads the LOVE with living her passion for travels.

http://therightblue.com/ This is one of the best underwater photography blog I ever have seen. B.N. Sullivan and his outstanding work in photography deserve this award very much. I can feel the LOVE for blogging in his whole work in every post I’m reading. Thanks Bob!

http://karolineswednesdaychild.blogspot.com/ Karoline, from “Karoline in the morning” is my absolute favorite blog friend! Go and see and read – and you will know what I’m talking about. Her wonderful mind and her great talent to write in outstanding posts, combined with perfect photography, makes me come back to her blog, every day! You deserve this award, because YOU are spreading the LOVE every day!

http://titaniastarlight.blogspot.com/ Twanyia, from “Finding Life’s Enchantment” is a very special person for me. She is living the LOVE in person and with every post she writes, she is spreading the LOVE to the blog world – you can feel it! Please check out her blog and feel the love too.