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Nothing could have been better in my life than the year that I spent at the College of Charleston in the picturesque small town on the East Coast of the United States of America. This web picture album wants to convey somewhat my experiences. Of all the things that come to mind when I think of Charleston, the most important is that I finally grew up to become my own self. Many of the things that have occured cannot be displayed here because I cannot share them with the whole world. But you will certainly get a feelings for what it's like to live in this Southern pearl in South Carolina. More about the College. |
| The Waterfront Park was one of my most favorite locations in Charleston. From here you could feel the wind from the sea, something which had been rare in my past, and you could also see all kinds of ships and boats pass by. If you looks really hard at the picture you can see the USS Yorktown, which is an aircraft carrier that has been transformed into a museum, one that I unfortunately never visited. |  |
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Traveling by bus was the only way for me to get around. You can take it to the beach (23, Isle of Palms) near Mount Pleasant, or you can also take it to the Citadel Mall (1). I bought the $5 semester ticket and took the bus a couple of times. Unfortunately the bus is relatively unreliable, sometimes early and sometimes late, and bus stops do not display the number of the bus line. I have missed the bus for all these reasons. Also a negative is that the Isle of Palms bus (which also goes to the USS Yorktown) goes only every 1 1/2 hours. For official info on the bus visit the CARTA web site and get a bus map/schedules. |
| Living in the dorms is an experience that I would not want to have missed. At first I lived in a house (no check-in desk) in 17 St. Philip Street together with two roommates. For the Spring Semester 2001 I moved to the Wentworth Residence Hall (now officially known as the McConnell Residence Hall). Here I was one of the few fortunate lucky ones to get a single room. A dorm in Charleston has a lot of rules. No overnight stays for opposite sex, no alcohol, and many more. Also, the co-ed Wentworth Hall has cameras on all floors. |   |
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The Japanese Club was my favorite club. I learned that clubs are the best thing an American college or university has to offer. Here you meet new people and you get to do a lot of fun stuff. We cooked and sold Gyoza, showed three excellent Japanese movies (Princess Mononoke, Ohayou, and Kikujiro no natsu) and we had a good bye party, which I enjoyed a great deal. More pictures from the party. |
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Charleston has so much to offer that it does not fit on one page! That's why there are numerous more images on this site. To the left you can see first a church that I saw every day when I came from my room in Wentworth Hall. I think it is a very interesting building and I enjoyed looking at it even though I would not consider myself a Christian. The other picture to the right shows the Old Post Office, which is still operated. I brought a lot of mail there because it was the closest in walking distance. It has also a small museum where all kinds of neat stuff is displayed. Therefore it is even worth a stroll even if you do not have any mail to send. Walking through the streets of Charleston is always interesting and often breath taking. Take a tour! |  |
| Coming to the US: Visiting New
York City and Washington, DC
Christmas 2000: My trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico Spring Break 2001: My trip to Miami Beach, FL Leaving the US: My trip to the University of Maryland and to Buffalo, NY, and the Niagara Falls |
