Homewood Suites by Hilton Wilmington - Brandywine Valley
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Palestine, Perth and Philadelphia Freedom
... espresso machine. We see down a side street a "Cafe", unusual in the USA. We go in, it is dark, there are Turkish pillows on the seats and hookah pipes on the table. We ask the owner warily if we can get a coffee, he replies “Only espresso or cappuccino, I don’t serve that drip ****”. All seems good.
Over two coffees each plus the house speciality of homemade Tiramisu, we have a long discussion with Mohammed the owner. He is from Palestine, has lots ...
Hand Therapy
Today we headed out at 5:45am to drive to the first outpatients clinic. Gretchen who I am staying with is an Occupational Therapist who has specialised in Hand Therapy she dropped me off at the first clinic after collecting a tray of Dunkin' Doughts and a box of coffee, I then met some of the patients. The slogan for Dunkin' Donughts is 'America ...
Oh What a Night!!
... Times Square and not that expensive – two mains, two desserts and a bottle of wine for just over $100.
Our mode of transport back to the hotel tonight was relatively tame – just a yellow cab – and once again we were very happy to get inside as the heavens had opened yet again. We had a couple of drinks in the hotel bar when we got back then headed up to finish packing ready for an early start this morning.
So up at 7am for me ...
A Bit of Culture
... of glass smashed in different places and some carpet ( actually more like underlay) hanging in some folds. Then there was a room dedicated to 10 parts of a work on Homer's Illiad? it was childlike, scribbles, irregular badly drawn geometric shapes, pencil - absolute garbage which is probably worth a fortune and held in high regard [ a bit like the Emperor's Clothes I suspect].
Peggy and David went to a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra playing with a ...
Black Powder Beginnings
Today I made my way to the Hagley Museum, home to the original duPont family's black powder mills. Before DUPONT became a large chemical company, specializing in creating ground-breaking synthetic materials like nylon, lycra, kevlar, and teflon; they were the United States' leading manufacturer of black powder. The Hagley Museum was spread over the entire original duPont estate and held a three story museum, the original home and outbuildings, and many ...