Blogs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America - page 21

Today, I started on my return trip home, determined to capture the beauty that Pennsylvania had to offer. I drove for 12 hours through the farmlands, hillsides and mountains seraching for that special shot. I even ran across a parked car with the keys in it and running. I don't know how I'm going to make it without FULL SERVICE gas stations... read more

Philadelphia - an early start on Sunday to get the Greyhound bus to Philadelphia, another excellent New York deli breakfast for pennies before taking the bus to Mt Laurel, Philly. It was a fairly quick and easy 2 hours to Philly from NY, I got chatting to a guy on his way back to Cincinnati from a week partying with his friends in New York - he was on the bus for another 12 hours after we got off! Peter picked us up at the bus stop and took us back to their house, a condo on a gated community. The apartment is really nice and there is a communal pool and pond as well as an indoor basketball court and gym. Everything you need. There is a greenbelt forested area along the side of the ... read more

Honestly Philadelphia has a lot of offer with little means to offer it. The most distinctive trait about Philadelphia is it’s people. Philadelphians appear to be a mob of opinioned, stubborn, and self-centered individuals held together by the cosmic glue of Philadelphia sports and good eats. You would seem like that too, growing up in a city where everything is against you. Philadelphia's subway system has only two lines and to supplements its lack of tubes it is overcrowded smelly buses. One would think a car would help one get around only to be stuck behind those buses. Philly is the city where taxi-cabs can be more expensive then limousines, and it can cost much to drive and safe, legal parking spots are the hardest real estate deals to find. When you do drive, be aware ... read more

(Lost this blog entry too & some pix) We walked around our neighbourhood in Philly, and I tried to capture the feel of it. Very old (for the USA) and beautiful- lots of cobblestone streets, colonial buildings, and American flags. ... read more

Philly! First stop: Franklion Institute to check out the King Tut exhibit on loan from Egypt. The artifacts were pretty fascinating but some of the things we had hoped to see, such as the headmasks and any of the coffins, weren't there. However, they did have amazingly preserved artifacts on display that were found in Tut's tomb, as well as artifacts discovered in his family members' tombs. Pretty neat! Then we explored the rest of the museum for a quick minute, and off to lunch! We went down to the two competing cheesesteak places in Philly: Gino's and Pat's. We were going to buy one cheesesteak from each place and compare, but our hunger got the better of us and we just ordered from Gino's. It was pretty good, but you really can't help thinking ... read more