Southern Comfort

We've been enjoying southern hospitality over the past week in Greenville and Clemson, home of the champion Clemson Tigers football team. This experience mirrors the welcome I enjoyed as an exchange student in a town where everyone owns something orange.

Ian and David

In Greenville, it was great to catch up with our friend Ian and his wife Lindsey.

We soaked up the foodie experience, enjoyed the BMWs, and walked around the revitalised centre of town.

We tested out the lattes at Due South, a place hidden in the old printing district and discovered the coffee highlight of our trip so far. Congrats Due South!

Testing out the i8

Next time we have some spare cash we'll wish we were in Greenville where BMWs are churned out at an astounding 1450 per day. Perhaps they do mail order??

Clemson Tiger and Chris

In Clemson we stayed with my schoolfriend Chris, caught up with a 'herd of Tims' as well as Patrick, Steve and various family members. Remarkable after so many decades...they haven't changed a bit!

Apart from checking out the changes around town and around campus, we picked blueberries, walked to a waterfall and enjoyed a visit to the new DW Daniel High.

Carolyn and Chris

On that note, I'd like to also thank Carolyn Culhane and her family for hospitality last week, rounding out the Clemson retro experience.