Philadelphia, United States Travel Blogs

Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Apr 23, 2005 (16 photos)

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
Apr 18, 2005 (5 photos)

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
Aug 2, 2006

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
Apr 16, 2005

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 about ...

Moving on Washington to Philli
Apr 15, 2005

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!
Aug 3, 2008 (25 photos)

... 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..... Yodee... our ...

Stoppin' for a Philly Cheesteak
Feb 18, 2007 (1 photos)

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.    

Philly day for us
Jun 20, 2008 (8 photos)

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
Aug 27, 2006

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
May 1, 2007 (1 photos)

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
May 24, 2009

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
Feb 9, 2008 (8 photos)

... , 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
Jun 15, 2006

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 camp.

The Green Family
Feb 15, 2008 (1 photos)

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 Philadelphia?

Meet the Cast
Jan 22, 2009 (7 photos)

... 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 ...

My thought outlet
Oct 2, 2008

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 ...

Philly
Nov 26, 2005

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Staging in Philly
Apr 26, 2005

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
Jul 26, 2007

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 reading-

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Mar 5, 2007

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Yo Adrian I Did It
Aug 17, 2009

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 true!!

Philidelphia or bust
Aug 11, 2007

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 ...

Jiggity Jog
May 7, 2008

Home again, home again... I'm ready right about now to start planning my next long term backpacking trip.

Meeting old Friends - Part 2
Sep 20, 2011 (1 photos)

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 ...

au revoir, everybody
Jul 17, 2006

What a way to say goodbye to the US. This past weekend was filled with surprises upon surprises. My family, the terrific planners that they are, have been scheming since I returned from Sweden to have Hannes surprise me in the US. So, on Thursday ...

The journey home
Oct 18, 2006

... in Frankfurt. Why we had to fly to Germany to get to San Francisco I still don't understand, but I guess it was so that United could lose our luggage and then destroy it before they got it back to us. Even still, this was a great trip and we had a ...

Layover in Philadelphia
Jun 5, 2005

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Philadelphia
Jul 25, 2008

... and we saw the cell which alcopone (scarface) was once kept! In the evening we went out to Jims Steakhouse famous in philadelphia for its phili cheese steaks even the likes of bruce willis and billy joel have visited. And my they were good although the ...

closer to a meeting place
Aug 25, 2006

We are getting closer to an 8 Sept. meeting place with Anna and Garret. It now looks like it will be Boiling Springs, PA; near Carlisle.

Pre-departure
Jan 9, 2008

Disclaimer: This is is our fist time blogging so please bear with us - We'll try to keep it entertaining and brief if possible! Becca- Anyway, so we are leaving tomorrow! AH. We are both excited/nervous...think I'm ...