If one did not know better, it might seem that you imply that there are not any swamp unicorns. Always remember, just because I did not see Nessy, that does not mean that Sasquash is not there.
Oh wow, this brings me back to the time I visited Charleston over 20 years ago as a travel writer. Had very mixed feelings about that as an African American writing about its history. But I have to say that I fell in love with the architecture, the charm, and the hospitality that I experienced, sadly in a way that many of my predecessors could not. It was still nice to see some of the places that I visited when I was there. It was interesting that when I visited the plantation, they made a point of not mentioning slavery at all then, and in fact the slave quarters were off limits to visitors (people used the word ‘slaves’ then, not ‘enslaved people’). Although if they were open then, I may have opted out anyway, I’m not sure. This was a great travel blog though; I am glad you enjoyed the trip and shared it with us.
so glad you had a fun trip and were able to chill and explore with friends :) hope you've been able to relax a bit to recover from the trips at home, too. take care and thanks for taking us along!
I live in The Great Swamp, aka Quakertown, PA. It is nowhere near as magical as the one you visited. There are a lot of horses around here. If you know horse people, then you know they all believe their horses are unique amazing unicorns. I may not live in a pretty swamp, but it IS full of unicorns!! Thank you for taking us along on your trip. I now need to plan a trip to see the historic houses!
I was there many years ago. I was intrigued by the piece of wall that was missing in the first house. When I visited the Laura Plantation near New Orleans, they had open spots in the walls so you could see the brickwork craftsmanship of the enslaved people and then a later repair that was awful and falling apart because the people who had skills left and went North after the war. I am glad these houses have moved to highlighting the history and craftsmanship of enslaved people over “Tara.”
Wow looks like a great trip! Unfortunately I have never visited the area. It's in the drive by places. My father is of the opinion that the car stop for 3 reason 1. Fuel at which point you should also use the washroom and eat 2. The day is over or 3. We have arrived! He did once get off the highway to show us DC. But he refused to ask directions or get a map so we saw the back of all the things there is to see. It's amazing just how many monuments you can see the back of or could in the 70's. Hope you're feeling better and had a merry Christmas!
My grandparents are from Charleston and it's a bit surreal to see you walking around all these places I remember from my childhood! I hope you had fun 💙
This was a fun one. I love seeing historical homes. It's sad they let the old one go so bad yet are still showing it, there must be a serious lack of work for funding. My ancestor's planation looks exactly like they left it well over 100 years ago with the last of the family not staying there. Minus a few items I know for fact were in certain pieces (missing) and one important room being closed for a repair, I was happy to see it on one of my trips that took me that way. It's important that there be funding to keep these historical beauties well kept lest they fall to total ruin & just be torn down.
I've been wanting sparkle hair since before the pandemic. It looks so pretty! I have been to Charleston. My aunt used to live there, so my family went to visit a few times when I was a kid. I remember seeing a lot of things from what I called "the old fashioned days" and I really wanted a "hoop skirt." I was hoping they'd come back in style, but no such luck. I'm glad you had a good time.
I raised my children there... so many memories of many, many school trips to all the lovely areas. It's a beautiful area. PS... choice hole in the wall antique places to be found!
LOVE that you share your adventures, but please enjoy them rather than trying to prioritize showing us all the things. You work hard at providing such fabulous content, (please) enjoy your down time when you get it.
In colonial days, "plantation" referred to a settlement of a group of people to either specifically produce something of value or to start a permanent colony. These were generally sponsored by venture capitalists or governments. Jamestown was backed by the Virginia Company, and after a rough start began growing tobacco as a cash crop. The Pilgrim Separatists called their place Plymouth Plantation. Gradually, the term plantation came to mean an agricultural concern utilizing enslaved labor.
Never been to Charleston or Charlottesville. To the end. Reading the 3rd Veronica Speedwell novel by Deanna Raybourne & the Do-Over by Lynn Painter. Have also been listening to the Dark is Rising audio drama done by the BBC.
I went to Charleston… gods, has it been close or maybe even over 25 years ago?! (Am I really that old already lol) My brother’s Boy Scout troop was doing something with a battleship there so I got to go to the historic city with our mom while he did that with our dad. I was fairly little, younger than 10, and I mostly remember getting lost with my mom and coming up with the idea of taking a horse drawn carriage tour to figure out how to get back to the car. 😂 Now that I’m older, more interested in Civil War history, and have more time (not to mention gps) I would love to go back!
I visited Charleston 20 years ago and toured both the house and plantation along with some others. I love the architecture and decor as well. The plantation was not as well preserved back then but still very interesting.
Aiken is one of my favorite places to visit! Mostly because there are woods in the middle of the city that you can ride through and the cross walks have a button to reach on horseback lol. But Vampire Penguin, Tako Sushi, La Parisienne, and Hope Gardens (actual garden, not food) are also some of my favorite places. I'm actually planning a pony road trip in March to visit friends, ride, and bring the 'baby' horse home for the summer
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas - awesome trip, I love doing historical house museums when they're actually accurate to what happened instead of glossing over stuff. Also kudos for still going masked! I still mask every time I leave my place and still deal with jerks who will give stupid comments over it, but its just gotten to the point where I feel weird without it on? I hope no one gave any of you any issues for them! 💜💜💜
This was great, thank you. I've never been to either of the Carolinas, it does look amazing, but the heat, is that the normal temp in the winter?? Did you get unicorn hair??
Ok but...what color sparkle hair did you pick out? I will say I bought a sparkle hair kit after my 4yo got some in his hair and it was much harder to do than expected and I could not manage it on my on head. FTR one of the strands fell out of his hair but the rest is still going strong a few months later!
I would have loved to see the last 2 houses. Both restored and ... Oh was the one place to be restored? I'm hoping so. Are you going to show more of your trip? I know I'm interested. Glad you had a good time Noelle.
The fact that there were enslaved workers doesn't make it a plantation. It was the governor's house and not a farm. The website doesn't call it a plantation, either.
I tend to believe what i was told when i was there and the historian standing next to me when they give something a name, so that is what i think we'll stick with on this channel. Also, the dictionary defines a plantation as: plantation. noun. large property or landholding dependent on the labor of enslaved people.
If one did not know better, it might seem that you imply that there are not any swamp unicorns. Always remember, just because I did not see Nessy, that does not mean that Sasquash is not there.
Well said!!
Thank you for bringing us along on your trip!!
I hope you will share some enchanted swamp pictures. It looked magical. Glad you had a good adventure with bonus kitties 😊
Another lovely part of the United States! Thanks for showing the fab houses and the cemetery o' Pauls. Glad you had a good trip there.
the slow reveal as your camera adjusted to the light in the first house was just so cool. thank you for sharing your adventures.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh wow, this brings me back to the time I visited Charleston over 20 years ago as a travel writer. Had very mixed feelings about that as an African American writing about its history. But I have to say that I fell in love with the architecture, the charm, and the hospitality that I experienced, sadly in a way that many of my predecessors could not. It was still nice to see some of the places that I visited when I was there. It was interesting that when I visited the plantation, they made a point of not mentioning slavery at all then, and in fact the slave quarters were off limits to visitors (people used the word ‘slaves’ then, not ‘enslaved people’). Although if they were open then, I may have opted out anyway, I’m not sure. This was a great travel blog though; I am glad you enjoyed the trip and shared it with us.
so glad you had a fun trip and were able to chill and explore with friends :) hope you've been able to relax a bit to recover from the trips at home, too. take care and thanks for taking us along!
I live in The Great Swamp, aka Quakertown, PA. It is nowhere near as magical as the one you visited. There are a lot of horses around here. If you know horse people, then you know they all believe their horses are unique amazing unicorns. I may not live in a pretty swamp, but it IS full of unicorns!!
Thank you for taking us along on your trip. I now need to plan a trip to see the historic houses!
I was there many years ago. I was intrigued by the piece of wall that was missing in the first house. When I visited the Laura Plantation near New Orleans, they had open spots in the walls so you could see the brickwork craftsmanship of the enslaved people and then a later repair that was awful and falling apart because the people who had skills left and went North after the war. I am glad these houses have moved to highlighting the history and craftsmanship of enslaved people over “Tara.”
Looks like you had a fun trip, thanks for sharing it with us.
Swamp unicorns? You crack me up. you are right: Beautiful
Wow looks like a great trip! Unfortunately I have never visited the area. It's in the drive by places. My father is of the opinion that the car stop for 3 reason 1. Fuel at which point you should also use the washroom and eat 2. The day is over or 3. We have arrived! He did once get off the highway to show us DC. But he refused to ask directions or get a map so we saw the back of all the things there is to see. It's amazing just how many monuments you can see the back of or could in the 70's.
Hope you're feeling better and had a merry Christmas!
My grandparents are from Charleston and it's a bit surreal to see you walking around all these places I remember from my childhood! I hope you had fun 💙
I did! It was lovely!
This was a fun one. I love seeing historical homes. It's sad they let the old one go so bad yet are still showing it, there must be a serious lack of work for funding. My ancestor's planation looks exactly like they left it well over 100 years ago with the last of the family not staying there. Minus a few items I know for fact were in certain pieces (missing) and one important room being closed for a repair, I was happy to see it on one of my trips that took me that way. It's important that there be funding to keep these historical beauties well kept lest they fall to total ruin & just be torn down.
I've been wanting sparkle hair since before the pandemic. It looks so pretty!
I have been to Charleston. My aunt used to live there, so my family went to visit a few times when I was a kid. I remember seeing a lot of things from what I called "the old fashioned days" and I really wanted a "hoop skirt." I was hoping they'd come back in style, but no such luck.
I'm glad you had a good time.
You should order some and have a friend come tie them in for you!
How I missed you ❤ hoping everything is ok and sending you good vibes from the other side of the screen ❤
Thank you!! Everything is ok! Just dealing with Holidays and Long Covid, but i'm working on something now, so hopefully more sewing soon!
What a fantastic old house that first one is ! And what an awesome project it would be to restore it to its former self. Expensive, but awesome.
How great it is to see, not only you, but you having a great time with friends in a beautiful city.
Thanks for the recs! We are taking a little spring trip down to Charleston and have been making a list of things to see.
Have fun!
I raised my children there... so many memories of many, many school trips to all the lovely areas. It's a beautiful area. PS... choice hole in the wall antique places to be found!
I have missed Kate, thank you.
Birdy
LOVE that you share your adventures, but please enjoy them rather than trying to prioritize showing us all the things. You work hard at providing such fabulous content, (please) enjoy your down time when you get it.
In colonial days, "plantation" referred to a settlement of a group of people to either specifically produce something of value or to start a permanent colony. These were generally sponsored by venture capitalists or governments. Jamestown was backed by the Virginia Company, and after a rough start began growing tobacco as a cash crop. The Pilgrim Separatists called their place Plymouth Plantation. Gradually, the term plantation came to mean an agricultural concern utilizing enslaved labor.
Never been to Charleston or Charlottesville. To the end. Reading the 3rd Veronica Speedwell novel by Deanna Raybourne & the Do-Over by Lynn Painter. Have also been listening to the Dark is Rising audio drama done by the BBC.
I've been to Charleston and loved it. So much history and of course, the food! Glad you enjoyed it.
I went to Charleston… gods, has it been close or maybe even over 25 years ago?! (Am I really that old already lol) My brother’s Boy Scout troop was doing something with a battleship there so I got to go to the historic city with our mom while he did that with our dad. I was fairly little, younger than 10, and I mostly remember getting lost with my mom and coming up with the idea of taking a horse drawn carriage tour to figure out how to get back to the car. 😂 Now that I’m older, more interested in Civil War history, and have more time (not to mention gps) I would love to go back!
I visited Charleston 20 years ago and toured both the house and plantation along with some others. I love the architecture and decor as well. The plantation was not as well preserved back then but still very interesting.
Aiken is one of my favorite places to visit! Mostly because there are woods in the middle of the city that you can ride through and the cross walks have a button to reach on horseback lol. But Vampire Penguin, Tako Sushi, La Parisienne, and Hope Gardens (actual garden, not food) are also some of my favorite places. I'm actually planning a pony road trip in March to visit friends, ride, and bring the 'baby' horse home for the summer
Happy Holidays! Also, yes to Travel Vlogs! #HistoricJibberJabber
Now all you need to do is go to Charlottesville and call it Charleston and you’ll be all set! Lol.
Glad you had a good time. ❤
Hahahaha for sure
What fun video. Those homes were beautiful. And fell in love with the Graveyard...it was attached to the church, right? Anyway, so fun. 👍🏽😃
It was! And thanks! I hope you are having great holidays!
@@Costuming_Drama thank you. You too.
Charleston is amazing
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas - awesome trip, I love doing historical house museums when they're actually accurate to what happened instead of glossing over stuff.
Also kudos for still going masked! I still mask every time I leave my place and still deal with jerks who will give stupid comments over it, but its just gotten to the point where I feel weird without it on? I hope no one gave any of you any issues for them! 💜💜💜
💕💕 No one harassed me. I did see people giving me weird looks but I don’t care in the slightest! 😂
Wishing you all the best heading into the New Year, thank you for sharing ❤
Same to you!
Hope you liked our little state!!! You definitely visited the prettiest part!!!!
It was lovely!!
Welcome to my state!
I miss you. I hope u post soon. I love watching ur videos while sewing and I need that again lol it's been forever. Hope u r well 💓
I'm editing a video with all the updates right now! :-)
@Costuming_Drama yay!! Dreams do come true lol. I'm excited
Swamp unicorns😂😂😂
Nice video.
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays!
This was great, thank you. I've never been to either of the Carolinas, it does look amazing, but the heat, is that the normal temp in the winter?? Did you get unicorn hair??
Yes and yes 😂
Ok but...what color sparkle hair did you pick out? I will say I bought a sparkle hair kit after my 4yo got some in his hair and it was much harder to do than expected and I could not manage it on my on head. FTR one of the strands fell out of his hair but the rest is still going strong a few months later!
I picked every rainbow color they had and had a mix of them - I still have a bunch of them in there!
ok,ok I see you
I would have loved to see the last 2 houses. Both restored and ... Oh was the one place to be restored? I'm hoping so. Are you going to show more of your trip? I know I'm interested. Glad you had a good time Noelle.
My skeleton's name is also Kevin.
The fact that there were enslaved workers doesn't make it a plantation. It was the governor's house and not a farm. The website doesn't call it a plantation, either.
I tend to believe what i was told when i was there and the historian standing next to me when they give something a name, so that is what i think we'll stick with on this channel.
Also, the dictionary defines a plantation as:
plantation. noun. large property or landholding dependent on the labor of enslaved people.