Philadelphia
Travel Blogs from Philadelphia, United States
Penance and profit
... nbsp;This invigorating night excited me about New Orleans and once again, surprised me about Philly. Although my plans were humble when I came, Philadelphia has not ceased to warm to me. My only regret is that I had only one cheesesteak. ...
Bell and Cheesesteak
... 's). I must say, I can certainly appreciate its following and will be making it a cornerstone of dining in Philadelphia. Also today I met a young theoretical physicist Baruch from Austin. He was in town searching through the Philosophical ...
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Hi guys & Gals How you all doing? It's been a busy few days for us and with temperatures in the 90's (about 31c) it's been quite a struggle at times to get going. It has cooled down now and a bit of rain has hit us but spirits are still high. ...
Food glorious food
Well another big breakfast. french toast, Canadian Ham and oranges & Bannanas. Of course it was all soaked in syrup and butter and sugar etc. If our hosts keep going at this rate we wont be leaving Phili. Today as yesterday was a very sedate pace, ...
Philadelphia
Dean: From New York we first planned to head straight to Washington DC, but then decided to make a pit-stop in Philadelphia. There is a lot of history in Philadelphia as it was the original US capital until they decided it was too close to the sea and ...
Philadelphia - The all America Breakfast
Well we made it. The bus ride was ok actually apart from the bloke who kept kicking KT's seat (she never has much look with seats). I must say though the bus stations are a dump and for some reason people thought we were drug dealers, whats that all ...
Moving on Washington to Philli
Well that's our time in Washington over and done with now its on to Philli. Greyhound is the chosen transport for this leg mainly because it's cheap $50 for the pair of us compared to the $98 on the train, it takes a few more hours but what the heck. ...
I was in Philadelphia for the Crack!
... arrived late, so we missed the free tickets to the Indepedence Hall. Well, I got another reason to come back to Philly. Philadelphia Cheesesteaks? I completely forgot about it, we bought a box of donuts not knowing, a box has 12 donuts in it..... ...
Stoppin' for a Philly Cheesteak
Basically the only reason I had to stop in Philadelphia on my way to New York was to buy & eat an authentic Philly Cheesteak - which I did - and it was delicious. The steak melted in the mouth...so tasty. ...
Philli
Me & Lou then went and caught a greyhound bus to Philadelphia 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, ...
Philly day for us
We were sad to leave NYC Friday morning after such a brief visit. But we looked forward to spending a few hours in Philadelphia to break up our trip to DC. Of course Mapquest was way off since it could not calculate that it took us an hour to ...
Full Circle
Well, I am back in Philadelphia! I have come full circle and driven just a tad under 10,000 miles! I completed the trip with a stop to see another dear friend, Randee, in her new home in Frederick, Maryland. We had a wonderful time catching up (it ...
The Eye of the Tiger
Just when we thought we had escaped all museums we stopped to explore historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With so many educational options to choose from, we were so overwhelmed that we had to run to the nearest pub and sit down for "philly" cheese ...
Home Sweet Home
After the long flights, we finally landed at 6am. Not knowing ahead of time, but in Dulles, passengers are split up into those continuing on in the U.S. and those whose final destination is D.C. We had to quickly say goodbye to JB and Lindsey ...
Philadelphia, With Rev Bev
... , which unfortunately (or fortunately) was closed.That alternative line, however happened to terminate in just where I was headed beyond Philadelphia, terminating in Trenton, New Jersey. It was the line I had mistakenly taken on the my first night in ...
Bus from New York City to Philadelphia
Got on a Bus from Port Authory in New York City and Bus 2 hours for Philadelphia PA. Where I would spend the next 2 months at Camp Green Lane, Running the Ropes course for the ...
Introductions
... visit Ireland so I thought France would be a good spot, and 2 weeks after my graduation would have left me flying back to Philadelphia on June 6. The thought of being in France around the anniversary of D-Day was too much to pass up so I had that ...
The Green Family
Brian and I drove up to Philly today and spent the night with our nieces and nephews. It was a lot of fun! We played Wii games and ate cheesesteaks! *Can anyone tell me what famous bell is located in ...
Meet the Cast
... ride, which worked out quite well for me since she is an absolute pleasure to travel with. Amy and I come from Philadelphia. She enjoys shopping, taking pictures in front of everything (you may notice this by looking through the pictures), and ...
Coming and Going, Home and Away
Back in the U.S.A. amidst a clutter of question marks. My voyage has been nothing like I expected. Despite all the boastful speculation I was prepared for just about anything but what I experienced in the Amazon, where the spindrift of ...
My thought outlet
Hello friends! I'm sitting in the Philly airport and wanted my thoughts to go somewhere other than just round about in my head so I'm blogging. :) Or podding? Eating this HUGE salad from Au Bon Pain - definitely the best buy at the Philly ...
Staging in Philly
Hey Everyone! What's going on??? I'm still in the US. But doing REALLY well. I was very nervous flying down here yesterday but have met everyone in my training group and so far everyone is super nice. Staging is pretty much what I expected...get to ...
Back to the States
Back to the US after many weeks. This will probably be the last of my entries, though I'll try to add some pictures on previous ones (as I just did with Nepal) if I have time... thanks for ...
Yo Adrian I Did It
Lunch in Philadelphia was definitely a highlight. I got to see the liberty bell which was cool. What I enjoyed the most though was Running up the steps from the Rocky Film. A dream come ...
Philidelphia or bust
Soo My trip began at 4:45 am Sat 11th as all good trips should with a 125min delay on my flight to Phili! But we made it there and made the connection and were off to Munchen (munich). Not to much of interest happened on the trip to phili... I watched ...
The Historical Streets of Chilly Philly!
... - i.e. ‘Independence Hall’ (1732) where the ‘Declaration of Independence’ was prepared and signed. Philadelphia’s County courthouse of ‘Congress Hall’ (1787), and the site of the old ‘Presidents ...
Jiggity Jog
Home again, home again... I'm ready right about now to start planning my next long term backpacking ...
Meeting old Friends - Part 2
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...

