Charleston was one of the richest cities in north america, at least before the “civil war”. The city is wellknown by the dance and by the lady with the banana tutu. It was josephine baker who had made the fidgety charleston known to the world. But the city is also known by the numerous “plantations”, former residences of the large landowners. We had choosen the original and not subsequently modernized “Drayton Hall” mansion for sightseeing. It was explained to us that the former wealth came through the large rice-growing areas. However, little observance was awarded for those who had suffered in appalling torments and privations for the wealth of their owners, the slaves.

Charleston was one of the metropolises for the slave trade and today hardly any place remembered the thousandfold  agony. Instead, we were introduced to the luxurious life of the former owner of “Drayton Hall” in many anecdotes and year dates. 

There are even very strane rumors such as that the americans would not have been on the moon. So we went into the flight and space museum in washington and there was everything on display: from the saturn 5 jet engines up to the scroched apollo return capsule, from the moon landing ferry, where the astronauts just got out up to to the rocks, which they brought back as a souvenir. space suits were on display and even the space toilet. But than I had to go to the restroom and as always the doors shut with a gap that you could look to everybodies tonsils and instead of the usual proven hooks and eyes on the toilet doors, there was sliding mechanism installed. But this was broken on all doors. Actually the americans were never been to the moon, that’s for sure now… © ng