Springtime Charleston

My return to Charleston to see the effects of springtime was beautiful. I took a historic tour which views many of the old houses from the Gone With The Wind era. Most of these houses have small courtyard gardens or balconies and window boxes overflowing with spring blooms. Everywhere you look there are picture-postcard scenes.

Another of Charleston's attractions is Market Street where the centre of the street is dedicated entirely to selling crafts and nick-nacks. I also visited a house that was used as a slave mart and is now a museum which added a realness to the evil of the trade. The day was finished off with a jaunt through the aquarium which has an albino alligator as it's star exhibit as well as a bald eagle (odd for an aquarium? but a first for me).