Exploring Philly

After a much needed rest day yesterday and a pretty good night’s sleep last night, we were up early ready for a full day of exploring.

We opted for breakfast in our room today instead of the free breakfast as it really wasn’t that appetising yesterday.

Breakfast done, showered and ready to go, we headed out the door Rocky Statue and Steps bound.

It has always been a dream of both Dave and mine to visit the iconic scene of the Rocky movies. Anyone from our generation grew up on the Rocky movies and Rocky running those stairs was iconic.

Walking to the steps we walked through some beautiful areas of the city. We sat around the steps for quite a while just taking in the scenery.

From here we made our way down to the Schuylkill River to take in more beautiful views and a gorgeous walk along the river.

We made our way back to our room stopping off at the Reading Terminal Markets for Dave to get a Philly Cheesesteak and I got an Amish pastrami on rye (I just didn’t eat the bread). Dave loved his cheesesteak however my pastrami was no where near as delicious at the one from Katz we had in NYC.

We had a short rest before heading out again this time to view the Liberty Bell, which is a symbol of freedom and independence in the United States.

As I knew we were close to the water and when we went to the basketball game the first night, I knew the Benjamin Franklin Bridge should be close so a quick google search and we were on our way. This bridge is a pretty good rival for the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges in NYC. This bridge leads into New Jersey. We have now seen New Jersey from Philadelphia as well as New York City (the Hudson River runs between New York and New Jersey).

So glad I talked Dave into following me along my crazy plans to see different parts of the city because if we hadn’t we wouldn’t have seen the most amazing cobblestone roads tucked away along the streets we took.

We sat at the Race Street Pier, overlooking the Delawere River just taking in the atmosphere before heading back to our room which happened to be in Race Street.

On the way back we took in the awesome sights deep in Chinatown (we are staying in the outskirts of Chinatown) before calling into the Reading Terminal Markets to get a slice of Baked American Cheesecake for me and a slice of Chocolate Mousse Cake for Dave for dessert tonight. Both did not disappoint at all.

We truly had an amazing day today, walking another 16kms!Lue lisää