Our last stop in PA was Philadelphia. Our first impression was a little tainted as we were introduced to the traffic. It was awful. We have bad traffic here in Houston but this seemed so much worse. It took us forever and since we had no idea where we were going we couldn't get around it.
When we got in to Philly we went right to the Liberty Bell. It was already closed but we were still able to see it from the outside. We were planning on staying until the next day so we continued to walk around the area. We walked past the site of Ben Franklin's grave and Independance Hall.
Independance Hall is guarded 24 hrs a day to make sure no one vandalizes or harms the building or area. It was the place where they signed the Declaration. It was funny to watch people walking slowly or stopping to take a picture and the guards yelling at them to keep walking or move along. You have to sign up to take a tour but they are always booked so we could only look from across the street.
The next morning we headed right to the Liberty Bell. You can get close enough to almost touch it. We got our picture and then went to explore some more.
We had to stop and get a Philly Cheesesteak. It was delicious. Ours came from a food truck near the Liberty Bell. One of the best sandwiches EVER!
The US Mint and the Federal Reserve and also in Philadelphia. Those were probably my two favorite places. At the Federal Reserve Building they had a big display of all things money. At the end of the FREE tour we got a bag of shredded $100 bills. AWESOME!! It was amazing to learn about all the money that gets shredded. Seems like such a waste. I wish we could have taken pictures in there so you could understand the magnitude of the shedded pieces. The Mint was cool too. We had to go through the full body scanner to even get in. It was mostly about the history of money and its worth. Very educational.
We had parked on the street early that morning and had to pay the meter. We finished everything around the square and had about 30 minutes left until the meter expired. It seems like a long time but not when you are searching for the most famous steps in film. Where might that be? The Rocky steps!!!! But where in Philadephia were they. We decided City Hall was the most logical place. We got to City Hall and there were no steps. We walked all around it and still no steps. Where could they be? There were cops all around so we thought to ask them. We asked one and he told us they were around the corner. Nope not there. We asked another and he didn't give us any better directions. Finally after asking 3 or 4 cops we got the answer. The Art Museum.
We made it a little over half way and then realized that we didn't have enough time and if we didn't get back we would get a parking ticket. So we ran all the way back to the car and drove to the steps. We started at the bottom and ran up with the Rocky theme song playing on Dean's phone. It looks so difficult on the movie but for exercise buffs like us it was EASY!
No comments:
Post a Comment