Charleston is a beautiful city, and apparently most of the country agrees as the city has been voted a top tourist destination for years in a row. It's historic, right near the beach and everyone loves a good horse and carriage ride through downtown, right? One thing I hear a lot of people say about Charleston is how "great the night life is" -- it is a college town after all. Even my cousin, who visited the city over the summer, told me that I wouldn't really be able to appreciate all that Charleston had to offer until I turned 21 years old. After asking what all she had done in Charleston, almost everything started or ended at a bar. Every time you walk down King Street it's easy to see how that might be so. So what if you're not 21, you don't drink or you don't like to party? Are you sh*t out of luck? Of course not! Here's some super fun things that you could do in Charleston if you don't enjoy drinking and partying.
1. Lay in the grass.
Ah, nothing's better than laying in the grass, right? Just relaxing, feeling the sun on your skin and the...wait, am I laying in dog sh*t?
2. Sleep literally all day long.
Why go outside? Why even get out of bed? While everyone else is out getting their drink on and dancing to Rihanna's news album, you can stay inside and in bed under the covers collecting dust.
3. Take a shower so long that you eventually dissociate.
What's better than a long, hot shower? As long as your suite mates don't kick you out, might as well spend your Saturday night sitting on the dirty shower floor and breaking from reality. Fun, right?
4. Watch all 10 seasons of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" in less than two weeks.
That's what I did during finals week, at least.
5. Learn how to knit.
You're getting older anyway, right? Might as well embrace it and start your old-lady habits early.
6. Lay in the grass some more.
Am I laying in dog sh*t again?
7. Throw rocks in a fountain.
Charleston has a lot of fountains. Tons of 'em. Some are even shaped like pineapples. You could make a day out of this.
8. Uh, study?
That is why you're in college and your parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars, after all.
9. You could always sleep some more.
Why not? A good sleep fixes everything.
10. Eat an entire pizza by yourself.
This is what a typical Friday night for me looks like -- 10/10 would recommend.
11. Sit on a bench.
Charleston has some great benches.
