Trip to Charleston, SC & Savannah, GA

 We went to Charleston, SC & Savannah, GA with

the Hollens of West Virginia April 19-23.  It is

the Hollens' first time to visit there.

We had a blast time and brought good memories home...

Sullivan's Island Beach

Sullivan's Island Lighthouse

View Ravenl Bridge(Old Cooper Bridge) & Cooper River

from Fort Moultire Park

Old Charleston Market

Approaching Fort Sumter

Camilla, sitting on the rock behind Old Charleston

Camilla & Gloria

Bill & Camilla at The Battery

Pineapple Fountain at Waterfront Park

The corner of Queen Street & Broad Street

Beautiful sunset at  Patriots Point Marina 

View Ravenl Bridge from Patriots Point Marina

at night

Morris Island Lighthouse, south of Charleston

Tybee Island Lighthouse at Tybee Island near Savannah

Camilla & Gloria on the top of the lighthouse

Camilla on the top, waving in the high wind

Cockspur Island Lighthouse between Savannah & Tybee Island

Old postlight on old Savannah street

Beautiful & popular Forsyth Park in Savannah

 Statues of Haitian Soldiers in the Revolutionary War's bloody

siege of Savannah at Franklin Square.

They fought and died to save America with independence.

"Statue of Waving Girl" in Savannah. It honors

a bittersweet life of Florence Martus, Savannah's legendary.

She waved her handkerchief at all times(days & nights) to greet

the ships that entered and left the Port of Savannah for 44 years.

 

Camilla & Bill, visiting Hunley Museum, the World's

First Successful Combat Submarine in North Charleston

Old St. Matthew's Lutheran Church at Bethany Cemetery in

North Charleston.  It is close to Magnolia Cemetery where

the Hunley crew was buried.

 

                  Elijah "Eli" Taylor Cassidy 

Mawmaw Camilla, holding 5 hours old grandson, Eli

He came out to the world on April 8, Friday(he missed my

mother's 100th birthday, April 2nd) & weighed 8 lbs. 12 ozs.

& was 21 inches long. Both Mother Amanda & her newborn

son, Eli were "healthy".

Mawmaw & Pawpaw, adding our 2nd grandson, Eli

in our family

Mawmaw, Grandson Eli, Aunt Olivia

Big Brother, kissing his little brother...

Big Brother, holding his little brother

Mawmaw, proudly holding her 1 day old grandson, Eli

Mawmaw's & Grandson's hands in "love"

Grandson Eli's petite feet

Newborn Eli & his parents, Amanda & Chris

Newborn Eli, sleeping in a warm wrap peacefully

Eli, posing...  His father, Chris professionally shot the photo!

Best Photo I know of...

         Final Day of Castles along the Danube & Rhine

Beautiful Zaanse Schans, the Dutch Village

On the top of the balcony of the Dutch Windmill

The ages of the Dutch Wooden Shoes on the display

Camilla in Dutch Wooden Shoes Shop

Dtuch Wooden Shoe(Clog) Shop & Repair Shop

The young Dutchman demonstrated us how to make

a Dutch clog from the piece of wood in the machine. 

 Today the machine is popular(the hand work has

 almost disappeared).  Clogs mean comfortable

 slip-on shoes.

Dutch House with  flowers and boats along

the canal in Edam, Netherlands about one hour from

Amsterndam

Beautiful landscaping

Fortuna Hotel where we, the tourists had

Dutch Apple Pie & coffee

Delicious Apple Pie

(I asked for the recipe, but it is private)

Beautiful wooden boats in Edam

Main cheese tasting shop

Beautiful typical architectures

Bill & Camilla at the building that sways gently

on the ground.  It is a very special floating basement.

The Variety of colours everywhere in Edam

Anne Frank's House in Amsterndam

The Statue of Anne Frank

BloeMen Market, the floating markets at Spingel,

selling flowers & plants.  Tulips are very popular in

Amsterndam.

We were in the airplane on the way back to USA after

we had a blast journey.  The beautiful sunrise was shown

from the window of the airplane.

Hope, you enjoy viewing all the photos that we traveled all

2 weeks.  I had shot about more than 2, 000 photos.