http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Pennsylvania , Philadelphia en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:43:54 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:43:54 +0000 Today I decided to rent a car for a couple of days and just do a little bit of driving about. I decided to ultimately head for Philadelphia. Due to being drained by the flu I didn't really feel in the mood for the taking of any photographs. However it was a nice drive about http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-447228.html Yesterday we felt as if we had another history lesson It was a fairly short drive from our hotel here in Atlantic City to Philadelphia about 1 14 hours although we paid a total of 7.75 in tolls. Tom was so excited that he got off one exit early and as we circling in order to get back on the highway he spied a sign that indicated a house as the birthplace of Edgar Allan Poe. Of course he http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-441012.html PHILADELPHIA ESCAPADEI've been in NJ for more than a week. My cousin and i decided to go on a road trip. we borrowed my sister's car drove to Philadelphia because it's just a 20 minutes drive The air is not as chilly compared the previous days. Since it is already the world series and we are a fan of the PHILLIES we decided to see the Citizen's Bank park. we are lucky enough to see the stadium http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Center-City/blog-434508.html Aug 21 2009City official name TrentonFounded date Location New Jersey StateElavation ft mArea Approximately square miles km.Facts Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixthmostpopulous city in the United States.In 2008 the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4 million http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-430913.html In These Shoes I Don't Think So... I'd been crafting and planning for months to get together with my sisters two women who are as different from me as they are from each other. We form a triangle of genetic dissimilarity. To further illustrate this point we're spread out across the country and it took weeks of planning to get us together in an exotic location where all of us would be far from o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-425214.html Bare with me on my first ever blog post I am hoping to create a sort of a journal for myself and also list our experiences in the chance of helping others plan their vacations So here we go....Our first trip since our son was born and thus our family complete is to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. We have 4 yr old and 2 year old daughters and a 1 yr old son. We dont have a whole lot of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-423267.html We are at the end of day 5 and we finally got home before 900 It has been a great day but we are all excited about having a little bit of down time. We started the day with a quick breakfast and then we were off to Ellis Island. We took a ferry from NJ to Ellis Island. From there we had the options to watch a short play take a free guided tour watch a short video or explore on our own. It was http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-416635.html I am currently sitting in the Philadelphia International Airport people watching and trying not to worry about whether I'll be able to get on the flight to Dublin at 845 tonight. After the taking the redeye flight from Seattle with two screaming and kicking five year old boys behind me I'm a wee bit tired. When we arrived at 630 this morning I ended up finding a quiet corner with one of PHL's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-413864.html test http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-408777.html Wednesday 10 June Philadelphia Day 1Since it had stopped raining during the night and the forecast called for possible light showers in the late afternoon we decided to spend the day in Philadelphia. After my 630am run to the distant Landhome Foods store for coffee we drove to the nearest train station at Thorndale. It was probably only 10 or 15 miles away but on narrow winding roads. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Center-City/blog-407686.html Hello everyone and welcome to my blog I am currently in preparation for my fundraiser which I am hosting this Sunday and am very excited and nervous about it. I just picked up some beautiful pieces of art from Betsy Teutsch and Mordechai Rosenstein and have gorgeous cards by Roz Epstein. I still need to go pick up pieces by Devorah Greenberg Barbara Smolen and my art school friends. I am s http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-407646.html Its finally time to takeoff It was an early morning for mom and i getting last minute things making sure i had all of my medications for my diabetes and such and finally driving to Baltimore to catch the plane. I guess i was a little nervous barely ate anything although my mom bought me a delicious lunch. So mom gave me gold fishes to munch on while i was on the plane. I think i was more ex http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Center-City/blog-401154.html David got a GREENCARDDavid was lucky enough to get selected for the lottery system and after a while of gathering paperwork and getting specific photos taken and paying lots of money. . . . HE HAS A GREENCARD I did not know how the whole lottery process worked so I did some research. Every year the US allows a certain number of visas to be given out to different countries as a way to d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-397679.html CSMon 16 March Having read a good deal about that part of American history that deals with the War of Independence and the Civil War prior to our arrival we were looking forward to our next port.At 6am it was still dark as we approached our first mooring the day brought weather that was fairly bright but overcast with showers later and maximum temperate around 60F. We are scheduled to stay http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Center-City/blog-387948.html I FINALLY got the pics from my friend 4 years after this trip so pardon me for the delayDamn bro how would you feel about going to Philly for two days my friend David said.Pssshhh... are you even asking me this question I replied. Anyone that knows me knows that I'm always down for traveling. Especially if it is one of the most historically pertinent cities in the country. In case you d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-386367.html During the week of Spring Break I went to go visit a friend of mine in Philadelphia PA. I really enjoyed myself and really loved the city full of life and interesting things to see. The first day I wandered about by myself while my friend was in class and got some cool shots from around the city. I visited Reading Terminal Market Macy's and photographed around downtown particularly City Hall. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-384773.html I knew it would be a fun crew when I walked in and saw a message on the stage managerrsquos console. It was done in individual letter stickers and read DO NOT PUT SQUIDS ON CONSO. Nice. The crew was great. Union house so all dirty old guys who had been doing this since the beginning of time. I knew wersquod get along well as we joked and a few of them commented on how I ask them to do t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-383799.html We didn't do a lot today. Just had a day off.I leave you with a map of where we've been since leaving the house the first time... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-383495.html Sleeping in I stayed in bed over an hour after my alarm went off oops but I had two really interesting dreams about being in Rwanda last night. Today is Kylersquos birthday so I went to his room after my shower and read to him the poem I wrote. And we all headed to lunch.Unbeknownst to him we had planned lunch at an Irish pub in downtown Philly which he said had the best fish and chips http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-383215.html Today we got to sleep in Seems like forever Even still it was tough to get out of bed. Out of bed... into the car. Seems like the regular routine these days. Reading and napping finished book 11 started book 12 existed in 4 states West Virginia Maryland Delaware for 23 minutes Pennsylvania. Applied for a job and watched some movies... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-382988.html