Blogs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America - page 5

Geo: 39.9522, -75.1624When we were here fours years ago, we visited most of theimportant sites in the City. We enjoyed learning about the early days of the formatiion of the coloniesand about the early constitution of the newly independent United States. The National Constitution Centre was well worth a visit. There was a hugeamount to read but it was worthwhile taking the time to read the captions andfind out how easily it could all be so different. The thirteen statescould very well be thirteen different countries.A visit to rest of the Historic Park, a World Heritage Site, with the IndependenceHall as the centrepiece was highly educational. We saw the world-famous(cracked!) Liberty Bell and learned more than we ever wanted to know aboutBenjamin Franklin. But we did all that last time. So, on this visit, while Hamish ... read more

Geo: 39.9522, -75.1624 Up early and went to the Independence National Historical Park. We saw the Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. After that, we went to Congress Hall where the first Congress began meeting. We later went to the Amtrak station to drop off the keys to our last car. The station is pretty nice. Stacy has determined that she is catching a cold now. It is not the same cold that I had, hopefully. The next morning we took the subway back to the National Park to see the Liberty Bell. It was pretty cool to see the bell. You can easily see the crack in the bell. Funny to find out that the bell was cast in England! After this, we walked to Washington Square to see a ... read more

July 6, 2013 With only a few hours before we had to catch our flight back to Orlando we decided to go on the Red & White tour bus to see some of Philadelphia. The line to see the Liberty Bell was so long, so we’ll have to go back another day to see it.... read more

This blog will be super short with no photographs. Our staging information was super-secret…. So if we to tell you about it, we would have to kill ya! Just kidding. The staging consisted of paperwork, motivation and building rapport between volunteers. We did group skits and obtained valuable information about the PC (yes, we are down to initials) and Morocco from very enthusiastic and knowledgeable people. Morocco sounds fantastic, mystical and challenging. (All of which we knew already… but this was reinforced with gusto!) After the initial meet and greet, we broke up into two groups of about 50. So, after an ice-breaker exercise with all 100 volunteers, we got to know about 50 people much better. How? The group shared its anxieties and aspirations and did a lot of laughing. The bottom line of staging ... read more

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