Having navigated Washington DC successfully for 4 months, I thought I was prepared for another big city. I was definitely wrong. Philadelphia is OLD. The streets are crowded, the parking scarce, and it seems that no no takes credit cards. I’m so glad we had friends to act as tour guides and point out the…
I am just filing away all of your trip posts for future use 🙂 I went to see the liberty bell when I was a kid! I do not remember much else about that trip though 🙂
My wife and I visited Philly in 2010, before we had kids because my wife had a conference. I tagged along and while she was doing her conference thing, I got to explore the city. Such a cool place. I liked all the usual places, but a few local things I remember are elphret’s (sp?) way, which is the oldest neighborhood in the US that people are still living in, Franklin fountain is DELICIOUS, and I liked a lot of the artwork and sculptures, the giant clothespin & the area of game pieces. Here is a video I made of it if you want to watch: http://youtu.be/JW-Z19Zuo_0
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