Wednesday 3 July 2013

Kiawah

Kiawah Island is beautiful!
Its warm, humid and there is a lot of water! Its not an island as in all beach and tropical.  It is in the south so, like the south east American states, it is marshy, and full of canals, reeds and wetlands-it is really beautiful!

The closest city is Charleston. It is close enough that you don't feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, but far enough away that you truly feel like you are out in nature.  The Island does not have many commercial shops on it, just a simple grocery store etc, so it has been really great to get away from all the hustle and bustle of the city!



There are many beaches and they stretch on for miles and miles.  Its awesome as the water is warm enough to just walk in without feeling chilly (and if you know me, that is a huge bonus!) and he beaches are flat, which make for a great run!

Our days have been consumed of the beach, lounging at the beach club, the pool and boat rides on the river.
We were sitting outside the other morning, and there was a strange sound coming from the river, and someone jumps up and says-dolphins!  I was like, ya right, dolphins stay in the ocean! But right there before me, were 4 dolphins chilling in the river feeding.  Was super cool, we ran down to the dock, and they were within 2 meters of us!  So now every morning the girls go and wait to see if they will come back.  They do! Every morning, they go up the river, and come back down!

On Monday it was a little rainy, so we went into Charleston for the day. The city is full of civil war history which was awesome! We went on a tour to Fort Sumter. Its the little fort in the middle of the harbor where the first shot was fired that started the war.  It was really cool! We also went on bicycle drawn carriages around town and got to see some of the old houses around the city.  We ended the day with an awesome seafood meal on the water!

So apparently they celebrate the 4th July on the 3rd here in South Carolina.  So tonight we are off to a big celebration at one of the beach clubs.  There's going to be a buffet BBQ, fireworks and apparently a lot of entertainment-I'm excited!!! Iv got my red white and blue outfit ready!

Fort Sumter




Bike ride! FUN!!


 DOLPHINS in the RIVER

 Kiawah Island


1 comment:

  1. Hi there! I'm applying to be an au pair for the secong time as well! Lovin' your blog already! Maybe we can chat sometime? Cheers, Julie

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