You want grits with that?
So, 'twas an excellent long anniversary weekend in Charleston. I had been there once before, but it was many years ago and I was just there overnight (and didn't even stay in the city). Gretchen had never been. We spent our time there:
- Wandering the charming old (or at least restored) historic streets and gardens.
- Eating copious amounts of food, much of which was seafood, fried food, or fried seafood.
- Visiting the Aquarium, where Mädchen was enthralled by all of the fish and got to try her hand at the helm of a model shrimping boat.
- Taking advantage of my Mom (Mädchen's "Ama") being there for a couple of nights to babysit so we could go out for a drink (unfortunately dinner was too ambitious, and one drink after putting her to bed basically put us to sleep, but any little break is a treat).
- Eating.
- Braving the rain and chill (the temperature dropped from 85 on Friday to 55 on Saturday) to visit a nice farmer's market.
- Marveling at the throngs of LSU fans who were staying in town and wandering the city in their purple and yellow regalia all weekend in anticipation of the game against South Carolina a couple of hours north of town (they were happy).
- Visiting the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry, which was really more of a series of very cool play areas than an actual museum, and which was a Godsend on a rainy day (this is the mini grocery store area).
- Did I mention we ate a lot?
- Going down to the Battery to see the big houses and the views across the harbor, and being pleasantly surprised that there were a bunch of dolphins hanging out and surfacing from time to time (for the next couple of hours Mädchen kept asking us to "see whales again"...that's what we were looking for here).
- Taking the occasional bike taxi when our feet got too worn out from all the walking.
- Realizing just how different, and more expensive, traveling with a two-year old is than when it was just the two of us.
- Just having a really nice time overall.
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