Philadelphia Museum of Art

On this leg, we drove from Mystic, Connecticut down to Lancaster, PA, about an hour west of Philadelphia. The drive was pretty exciting, mostly because one of the support legs on the tent trailer came loose and was dragging on the freeway, making a horrible racket and causing other drivers to wave their arms at us. We had to drive it that way for …

I really like Philadelphia. After the hussle and bustle and buildings and cars and pollution of New York, it was pleasant to be in Philadelphia where the buildings are not as high and there are large park expanses with green trees and LESS PEOPLE!!!! We had a short drive of about 2.5 hours from New York and arrived around 2.30pm. There is alot of …

We arrived in Philly in time to settle in for a bit. The parking garage was just down the street so that was convenient as well. The inner lobby of the Radisson Plaza was pretty extravagant.Giant, twinkling, chandelier hanging high above some chairs and a table made it look like a living room of sorts. The walls looked to be white marble and made …

... suffocation and imagine the fear of the prisoners had for this - the first penitentiary. While in the area, I passed by the Museum of Art whose famed steps were showcased to the world by Rocky.  Ironically, the statue of the slurring boxer is now a ...

... are there but my feet were too big. KT's fitted so I had better watch that south pour shot!!! We headed into the Philidelphia museum of Art which turned out to be free on a Sunday which is a bonus. They do however make you feel guilty and ask if you ...

... made the heavy & hot 1 mile walk to the hostel which is very nice. Then went to get a hop on hop off bus round Benjamin Franklin parkway to see the sights,Philidelphia museum of art, rocky statue, JFK plaza / love park, Macys, just ...

... visit to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell on Monday morning I walked out along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the Museum of Art. Independence Hall was interesting, it's been restored to look just like it did when George Washington, Ben Franklin ...

... Chocolat-Mint gegessen. Wir entscheiden uns für Chocolat und Coffee und platzen fast als wir die Halle verlassen. Philadelphia Museum of Art Nach einem kleinen Nickerchen scheint wieder die Sonne und wir machen uns auf zu unserem letzten Ausflug. ...

... the next day, which is an amazing relief. Oh, and of course there was the 72 famous steps that Rocky climbed outside the Museum of Art, which reminded me of how unhealthy (some may say fat) I have become. Parminder fed her shopping addiction on the July ...

... our way to the Rocky steps, which Sam quite impressively stormed in Havaianas (who's the bigger fan now, Higgie?!). The Philly Museum of Art at the top was also quite impressive, despite several of the exhibits being closed off when we visited. Made our ...

... control over the scheduled flights.  So what to do?  Well we are lucky---the  Cezanne  exhibit is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and we were going to come here to see it anyways.  We price out the taxi vs train option and ...

... else in the room, especially the guys from LA! The weather was better today, so we decided to take a walk over to the Museum of Art but better known for the steps that Rocky ran up in Rocky 3! However first stop was breakfast to sort out our ...

... day at the non-historic King of Prussia Mall. On July 1st I visited the Ben Franklin National Monument. Then I hiked to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and ran up the "Rocky" steps. Inside I saw works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Warhol, Renoir, Monet, ...