After 16 years...

... I am finally making it to the place I've always wanted to go. Charleston, South Carolina.
When I turned teenager extraordinaire, I became obsessed with the mini TV series "North and South" with Patrick Swayze and James Read. And when I say obsessed, I mean obsessed. I used to copy down parts of the dialogue and carry that piece of paper in my hand at school (it was around the time I was being bullied for not being cool/in/ whatever enough and that piece of paper carried me through some hellish days), I sometimes learned it by heart and when I was finally able to get VHS tapes, I taped the show and used to wake up an hour and a half early so I could watch an episode every morning before I went to school. So if you don't think that's obsessive, I dont know! ;-)

Thankfully, I've grown out of that phase but my love for that particular series and everything to do with the US Civil War has stayed with me since. And I remember the first time I thought I wanted to move to the US it was to live in Charleston, South Carolina. I wanted to be in the middle of all that history and all that Antebellum past. There is something incredibly moving about the Civil War, I can't really explain it.

Thanks to my darling friend Apryll, who is getting married there on Monday, I will now be able to see it all - I can hardly contain my excitement!!! I will finally get to see the Boone Hall Plantation which served as the main house for the Southern part of the story... *Swoon* The beautiful avenue of oaks that looks so stunning in the movie will be within my reach tomorrow!!! YEY! I shall take lots of pictures and movies and will post them when I return. And of course there will be wedding pictures too :-) Ah, bliss... to be away from work for a whole week, to be in the city that I've wanted to see for ages and to see one of my best friends get married. PERFECT!

And until then, to keep you going - here's the link to the Plantation. Enjoy! :-)

Boone Hall Plantation - Charleston, South Carolina

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