For Day two here in Charleston I'm doing the real tourist thing and taking a horse carriage ride. The guide Steve and our beautiful horse was much better than yesterday's mini-bus that I'd opted for. We toured at a leisurely pace around the residential streets. You can tell from my photos that I love buildings! Nearly every building here in the centre is beautiful. Some are manicured, others are crooked... a hangover from the last earthquake in 1886. After bein...

Day one Charleston started with breakfast on the fourth floor roof terrace of the Andrew Pinckney Inn and a Skype call to the UK. I think I made a new flavour combination. By mistake I put cream cheese on my biscuit (scone) instead of butter, followed by fruit jelly on top. It reminded me of a cream tea, just less rich. So, I ate the whole thing as it was actually pretty good! I did the 'tourist thing' in the morning taking a tour mini-bus ride to get a flavour ...

I enjoyed my leisurely start this morning. For me it's a day dedicated to chilling out ahead of my only internal flight. I repacked to reduce my bags down to one check-in and one carry-on. I check-out of the hotel at 2pm and took the shuttle bus to Terminal B at around 3pm. I paid $25 for the checked bag and then was able to head airside. I explored the various stores and cafés between gates 6 and 36, then sat at the bar in TGI Friday where I sampled a mojito ah...