Blogs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America - page 7

Dropped off the compost in our garden. Said farewell to my beautiful foam flowers, vinca,coreopsis, bleeding hearts, gardenia, peonies, and daisies. Safely arrived to Philly International. Caused a heated discussion between security officers when I announced the score. "M-E-T-S! We got the series!" said Security. Found a seat at the bar, watched the third period of the fight between the penguins and the flyers. Saw a gaggle of EF travelers. Beautifully comfortable flight to Miami. Looking forward to basking in the moonlight!!!... read more

What can I say? Next to New York, Philladelphia was just as colorful. My trip to Philadelphia was definitely one of the best travel experiences I've had so far...given that I'm still in High School. I had tons of fun. It was four days of only me, my friends, and the coolest Model UN adviser in the planet!!! Can't wait for my next trip!... read more

“Quick hurry up take the photo I’m about to pull a back muscle” were the exact words I told Robert Parish as he stood behind me with my camera. I was looking down Benjamin Franklin Parkway with my arms reaching for the sky after completing the famous Rocky steps towards the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I felt a bit of a hypocrite really because to be honest I can’t remember sitting through an entire Rocky movie. Still this run is a must with a visit to Philadelphia. Between New York and DC it was a long time between visiting an American big city of the east coast so sightseeing I welcomed. Philly provides enough for a few days experience. The Liberty Bell can have a line up but at 430pm there’s virtually no one. The bell ... read more

Yesterday, we were up early at around 7am as we needed to be ready and out to catch our Megabus to Philadelphia. We had bought some yoghurt and a muffin for our breakfast the previous night, so we ate those once we were dressed, before packing up any last things into our bags and cases. We left our room and checked out at reception at around 9am. We caught the subway down to Penn Station, realising that we had timed it slightly wrong and had 45 minutes or so before we actually needed to be at the bus stop (although it's better to be early than late!). We went into Starbucks for a little while, as for some reason there are NO seats in that train station anywhere other than in eateries and coffee shops! We ... read more

We arrived in Philadelphia yesterday late afternoon and found our way from the station via the subway to the hostel which was in the old quarter of the city. This was the one I was dreading as it was a shared dorm! The actual hostel was in an old building down a back alley but was a really nice and bright inside. They even provided ear plugs free of charge!! The night’s sleep was better than expected, but still awkward and I think Howard has now learnt his lesson and will not make that mistake again!! The thing that really struck me about Phili was how friendly and helpful everyone was, the guy at the subway gave us a map, told us how to use the system and which train we needed, every time we looked ... read more