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D-4 â€" THE LIBERAL, Wednesday, February 7, 1979 The free-flying spiral staircase at the Nathaniel Russell House, one of Charleston's house museums opened throughout the year. Built in 1809 by Nathaniel Russell, a native of Rhode Island and one of Charleston’s most prosperous Undoubtedly. walking is the best way to see and absorb the serene beauty that is Charleston. This old city has a fascinating network of colorful and '\erfumed narrow streets. Situated between the Ashley and the Cooper rivers on the South Carolina coast. Charleston. as well as being a tranquil browsing ground for romantics and students of American history, has another feature which appeals to Canadians. This is Charlestonese, a crisp southern accent without the sometimes exasperatingly mushy draw] used in most of the southern states. Charlestonians speak with a refreshing meticulousness. By the end of March. in Charleston the walled gardens are glowing with myrtle, camilias, and azaleas. Through April and May there is more color and fragrance from dogwood, Wisteria, perfumed tea olive. and Confederate jasmine. Magnolia, synonymous with southern lore and literature, blooms at its best in the summer and fall. =There are plaques on aged. moss-laced brick walls inviting you to stroll in some of those tropical gardens, and your guide or guidebook will tell you stories of romance and intrigue. Some of the streets are narrow. Like Stolls Alley. which has blue Wisteria reaching delicately across to create a dappled shade. And Longtitude Street. which in con- tradiction. runs east and west! The cobbled streets are flanked by ante-bellum mansions, with cool dark, highâ€"ceilinged rooms, furnished elegantly as they were 200 years ago. The historic areas can be toured by car with an experienced driver guide at a cost of $10 an hour, or you can rent a moped or bicycle from Free Wheelers on Market Street for $1 an hour or $10 a day. By JIM CASTLEDINE CHARLESTON. SC. â€"- The best way, of course, is on foot. Make your centre the downtown Holiday Inn, where you can hire a cassette tape for walking tours and you are centrally located. Good food and lodging is surprisingly inex- pensivel Lodging varies from $15 a day in the suburbs to $40 a day in the more luxurious hotels down near the front. A really good meal can be enjoyed for between $10 and $15 dollars. Try the crab soup, low- counlry chicken and shrimp creole, with wild Carolina rice at the Colony House on Prioleau Street â€" $9.75. As you can imagine, sea food here is first class and Perdita‘s is outstanding. Perdita‘s is on Exchange Street. It has the quiet dignity of an exclusive club and is not too ex- pensive. The American Spoleto Festival. which is held in Charleston from May 25 to June 10 each year, Walking is the wa y 2‘0 see Charleston The Spoleto Festival features famous in- ternational opera and ballet companies, string and brass quintets. the Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein. traditional country and bluegrass music at provides a total imâ€" mersion in the arts against a background that seems almost to have been made for this splendid cultural event. Created by the renowned composer and director. Gian Carlo Menotti, the festival has been presented annually for 20 years in Spoleto, Italy. The‘first American Spoleto was produced in Charleston in 1977 and scored an immediate success The festival is now a firmly entrenched yearly event. Menotti’s sense of what makes a good setting was working well when he chose the narrow streets, cloistered gardens, and the pastel-colored colonial houses of Charleston as the American home of Spoleto. Whatever your cultural choice, be it Shakespeare, ballet, Beethoven or New Orleans jazz, you will be able to enjoy it in an uncommonly attractive setting. Magnolia Plantation, exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, etc., in theatres, church halls, school auditoriums, parks and gardens. There are even recitals in private gardens and 17thâ€"and 18th-century drawing rooms. For more information write to Charleston County Tourist Com- mission, Box 834, Charleston, South Carolina 29402. GETTING THERE: Charleston is served by National, Delta and Eastern air lines. and there are the other usual modes of travelling, but if you like driving and you have the time, take to the road. There is more to see and you will find a lot to talk about. Charleston can be reached in less than two days of comfortable driving on super high ways, running through Pennsylvania. then Maryland. Virginia and North and South Carolina. 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