Charles Towne

           My Fall break was a few weekends ago, and man was I ready for a break! It wasn't exactly a relaxing weekend but it was definitely an enjoyable and very much welcomed break from school. Cole, Deidre, her friend Katelyn and I all met up at the South Carolina State Fair and saw OAR preform, and it was amazing. We were front row and sang our little hearts out. (OAR kind of has a special place in my heart because they were the first band I saw in concert, the very first concert I had ever been to, and that was only three years ago!) I must say though I enjoyed this one a whole lot more because I was much more familiar with their music this time around. When the concert was over we all got some yummy fair food before Cole and I hit the road down to Charleston to meet my family.
           My parents, my gram and uncle from Pittsburgh and some other family from Indiana were on vacation down in Charleston for most of the week. Cole and I drove down and spent a few days with my family, and I must say we had a great time. We both really, really love Charleston, so any time spent there is cherished by us. While we were down there Cole and I got to meet up with my old roomie, Anna, and her boyfriend. They were down from DC visiting her mom, and we got the pleasure to enjoy dessert with them at Kaminsky's in gorgeous downtown Charleston. We also got to go on a tour of Fort Sumter in the short time we were there.

Me and Cole
After enjoying a delicious brunch on a gorgeous day!

Me and Cole
Our traditional "Pineapple Fountain Photo"

An amazing view of the Cooper River Bridge
on the way to Fort Sumter

The fabulous view of the Inner Coastal Waterways
we enjoyed during our last dinner of the trip.

            The trip in a whole was great, it was awesome catching up with family I haven't seen in a very long time, and Cole finally got to meet more of my family. (Since Cole and I have been dating, I have met just about all of his family because all of them live in a pretty close proximity to us, but he on the other hand has not met even a fourth of my family because our family is very spread out. So I was very very excited for him to meet more of my family.) I also had the joy of being able to look through a bunch of old family photographs and other odds and ends. It was great to see a little bit of the family history, as well as catching up with everyone. I am so glad Cole and I were able to make the trip down the good old Charles Towne!