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Day 14
Friday, December 31, 2021 at 11:56 PM
☁️ 9 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Hancock Playground 39.97333, -75.13539°58’24” N 75°8’6” W
New Year Fireworks
December 31, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Watched fireworks display in Philadelphia on the roof top of the apartment building. The much anticipated city fireworks didn't hold instead individuals launched their fireworks from their houses
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Day 15
Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 1:22 PM
🌧 12 °C
Altitude: 13 m
United States Northern Liberties 39.96167, -75.1416739°57’42” N 75°8’30” W
Rainy New Year Day
January 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
It has been raining all morning. We call it showers of blessings washing away the iniquities of 2021 and ushering in the blessings of 2022. Hopefully Corona wouldn't become an issue this year and life can eventually return to normalRead more
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Day 15
Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 3:49 PM
🌧 12 °C
Altitude: 4 m
United States Whitman 39.91667, -75.1416739°55’0” N 75°8’30” W
BestBuy >> Dollar Tree >> IKEA
January 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Visited Bestbuy to get a replacement for my stolen laptop, they didn't have what I wanted in the store, so I placed order for it to be brought in on the 7th of Jan for store pickup. Got a JVC Bluetooth headset, production is decent for the price but doesn't even come close to Enobong's skull candy vibrating headset, now that is a headset like no other.

Spent some time in the adjacent Dollar Tree store but found nothing interesting to buy.

Final stope was IKEA, lots of lovely things I would have loved to buy but considering the weight and cost of extra luggage on the flight home I had to decline and walk pass.Read more
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Day 16
Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 1:35 PM
☁️ 15 °C
Altitude: 17 m
United States Christ Church Park 39.94809, -75.1454539°56’53” N 75°8’44” W
Museum of the American Revolution
January 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Quite an interesting museum which told the story of the American war of independence, what led to the revolution, how the war was prosecuted, main actors and heroes of the war. It also touched on the assistance by the French and alliances formed by Native American Indians and African slaves. It is a must visit museum for history buffs. However not much attention was given to the contribution of African slaves I the revolution and I mentioned this to a.musuem staff who sought my opinion at the end of the visitRead more
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Day 16
Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 4:40 PM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 6 m
United States Irish Memorial 39.94833, -75.1439°56’54” N 75°8’24” W
Penns Landing
January 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Penns landing which was advertised as.a beehive of activities was kind of dry to me. They had an ice skating rink, a ferris wheel as well as an arcade hall and lots of places to sit drink and eat nothing more.

I was expecting to see a lot of kiosk and stalls along the waterfront selling various items but surprisingly there was none. The seaport museum I had visited in 2012 was undergoing renovation.Read more
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Day 17
Monday, January 3, 2022 at 10:23 AM
❄️ 0 °C
Altitude: 7 m
United States Hancock Playground 39.97167, -75.13539°58’18” N 75°8’6” W
Snow at last
January 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ❄️ 0 °C
The girls were excited to see their first snow. It started as snow flurries but by 10:20am it had increased and real thick snow started falling. I walked in this condition to the Amazon hub at 7 Eleven to pick up some things we had ordered onlineRead more
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Day 17
Monday, January 3, 2022 at 2:58 PM
☁️ -1 °C
Altitude: 32 m
United States Amos Playground 39.97833, -75.1583339°58’42” N 75°9’30” W
Account opening
January 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ -1 °C
Visited BOA to open an account for Enobong. Since we didn't book an appointment we were asked to wait till all those on appointment have been attended to. Thereafter we were ushered into one of the officer's office where a student checking and a savings account were opened for Enobong. They needed 2 government issued passports so I gave them her USA and Nigeria passports. Being a minor I was made a signatory to her savings account.

The entire bank visit took about an hour and I was able to transfer $400 from my account directly to Enobong's Savings account from which $200 was then transfred to her checking account. Her debit card is tied to her Checking account and the card will be sent to my friend's house in the next 5 days as I used his address as her contact address.Read more
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Day 17
Monday, January 3, 2022 at 6:18 PM
⛅ -1 °C
Altitude: 20 m
United States Rittenhouse Square 39.95, -75.1716739°57’0” N 75°10’18” W
Barnes & Nobles
January 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
Uddy dragged us to a Barnes & Noble store
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Day 18
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 12:27 PM
⛅ 0 °C
Altitude: 2 m
United States Philadelphia International Airport 39.88, -75.2433339°52’48” N 75°14’36” W
Picking up a rental car
January 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Went back to Enterprise Rentals at the airport to pick up a rental car. The same nice Indian man attended to me. Finding a GPS was a challenge as I had requested for one after a long wait I was offered a CX5 with an inbuilt GPS. For thi trip I had reserved a standard SUV, with increasing snow and ice I felt a bigger car with better traction was best for the road trip.

The GPS device took some time to figure out, it wasn't touchscreen like in the previous car and involved turning a knob to choose the characters and pressing down on the knob to select. A weird mechanism to operateRead more
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Day 18
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 1:49 PM
☀️ 1 °C
Altitude: 2 m
United States Adventure Aquarium 39.94667, -75.1316739°56’48” N 75°7’54” W
Adventure Aquarium
January 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
After picking up the car we drove back to the apartment to pick our prepacked boxes for the Washington trip and then headed up to New Jersey to visit the Adventure Aquarium.

We practically breezed through the Aquarium taking in the sights. It is a nice compact Aquarium and we were through in 45minsRead more
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Day 18
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 4:13 PM
⛅ 0 °C
Altitude: 53 m
United States Riverside 39.4882, -76.2429239°29’18” N 76°14’35” W
Off to Washington D.C
January 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
We left the Aquarium at 3:01pm and commenced the trip to Washington D.C after entering our destination into the car's GPS which estimated our drive time to be 2hrs 52mins.

Journey was smooth, we saw a lot of snow ❄ pilled up beside the road and in the fields. It must have snowed heavily along the route, much more than it did in Philly. Later on Fox TV reported that the snow storm on I95 the previous day was so bad that a lot of people were stranded on the I95 road for hours. We were lucky we didn't travel the previous day or we would have been trapped as well.

We eventually go to the hotel in Alexandra at 5:31pm after a 2hr 30min drive. Some cars in the hotel were covered in snow and the car pack was snowed in.Read more
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Day 18
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 5:38 PM
🌙 0 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Taylor Run 38.80088, -77.0741138°48’3” N 77°4’27” W
Holiday Inn, Alexandra
January 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Checked into the Holiday Inn at Alexandra on the outskirt of Washington at about 5:38pm. Check in was quick and smooth. We were assigned a room with two Queen beds on the upper floor.

After checking in we drove off to Mcdonald for a burger dinner and then to walmart to buy some thermal wears for the girls and some water and snacks.Read more
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Day 19
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 12:59 PM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 12 m
United States Union Station 38.89833, -77.0066738°53’54” N 77°0’24” W
Union Station Parking Garage
January 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Missed our turning in front of the Union Station and had to go back round before finding the right one. Parked in the 2nd level and took the lift up to the food court where I had a Mexican meal from ChipotleRead more
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Day 19
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 3:01 PM
☁️ 4 °C
Altitude: 5 m
United States Monument Grounds 38.89, -77.0333338°53’24” N 77°1’60” W
National Museum of African American ...
January 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
After brunch at the Union Station food court, we took an NMS bus to the nearest stop to the museum and walked 5 mins to the entrance. Got to the museum at about 3pm, scanned the prebooked ticket on my phone and we were admitted into the National museum of African American Culture.Read more
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Day 20
Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 10:46 AM
⛅ 6 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Four Mile Run 38.83579, -77.0511938°50’9” N 77°3’4” W
IHOP for Breakfast
January 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Uddy wanted us to have breakfast at IHOP so we drove 15mins to find one on Rickmond Highway where I ordered the Breakfast Sampler with hot chocolate drink.

The breakfast was nice and filling and appropriate for the long walk we plan to undertake later in the dayRead more
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Day 20
Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 1:05 PM
⛅ 6 °C
Altitude: 7 m
United States Thomas Jefferson Memorial 38.8806, -77.0370138°52’50” N 77°2’13” W
Walking Tour of Washington Memorials
January 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
This was my third visit to Washington D.C and the first time I would be visiting with my daughters, I had to make it a special and memorable experience for them so after some research and planning on how to see all the memorials and monuments in a structured order I decided we should start-off with the Jefferson Memorial. Union Station has become our start off point as they have a large paid garage with capacity for over 2,600 cars. Parking for 10hrs cost $20, shorter durations are cheaper but most sight seeing visits will fit into this range.

Just opposite the the Union Station is a bus stop where you can board the Circulator NMC bus for $1 per rider. It takes you round the mall, monuments and memorials. so we hoped on one and stopped beside the Jefferson Memorial from where our walking tour of Washington D.C Memorials and Monuments commenced, the route we followed is shown in the map below. We visited the following sites in the following order:

1. Thomas Jefferson Memorial
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
3. Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
4. D.C War Memorial
5. Korean War Veterans Memorial
6. Lincoln Memorial
7. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
8. The Lockkeeper's House
9. The White House
10. Washington Monument

The entire walking tour is about 4kms and took us roughly 2hrs as we stopped at each site to admire the monument/memorial, read the inscriptions and take some memorable pictures.Read more
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Day 20
Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 3:23 PM
⛅ 5 °C
Altitude: 18 m
United States Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Statue 38.89833, -77.0366738°53’54” N 77°2’12” W
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White House
January 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
You can't visit Washington D.C without taking the traditional and iconic picture in front of the White House. There were few tourist snapping pictures probably due to the winter season. Secret service officers were all over the place acting casual but very observant. Over 10 were seen on the roof of the white house.

The walk to the White House took me through the front of the Eisenhower Executive office building which houses the Vice President's office along with other White House executive officers.Read more
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Day 20
Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 4:20 PM
⛅ 5 °C
Altitude: 3 m
United States Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture 38.89167, -77.02538°53’30” N 77°1’30” W
Natural History Museum
January 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
We arrived at the Natural History Museum after a long walk from the White House, the route was quite scenery as we got to catch a glimpse of Trumps International Hotel which was the former post office building built in 1897, also passed the famous Willard Hotel a 200 year old hotel, where important visitors to the white house tend to stay or socialize.

We arrived at the museum at about 4:00pm, could only cover the exhibits on the ground floor which covered Mammals, Ocean creatures and the origin of Humans before we were asked to leave at 5:30pm as the museum was closing. The museum is definitely worth another visit in future.Read more
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Day 21
Friday, January 7, 2022 at 11:16 AM
☀️ 1 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Taylor Run 38.80167, -77.07538°48’6” N 77°4’30” W
Snowed In and drive back to Philadelphia
January 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
There was a heavy snowstorm at night which started at about 3am and lasted till 7am covering our car along with all the cars in the carpark in a sheet of snow. Uddy was quite excited to see the whole place covered in snow and took up the task of scoping the snow off the car, which was made a bit challenging by the breeze which blowed it in different directions.

Eventually we left the hotel, stopped over at Starbuck across the road, which didn't allow dine-in, so we ate in the car before commencing the drive back to Philadelphia. The route took us from Virginia, which was where our hotel was, through Maryland, Delaware and finally into Pennsylvania state. Average journey time was 2hrs 30min, a journey of 260 kilometers. The roads were free of snow and traction was also good.Read more
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Day 21
Friday, January 7, 2022 at 6:19 PM
🌙 -3 °C
Altitude: 12 m
United States Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site 39.96, -75.1483339°57’36” N 75°8’54” W
Target
January 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
After resting for about 2hrs from the long drive back from Washington D.C, we dashed off to the nearest Target Store to but some back to school provisions for Enobong. spent over 3hrs at the store before returning to the apartment fully worn out.Read more
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Day 22
Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2:58 PM
☀️ 0 °C
Altitude: 6 m
United States Howard and Reed Park 39.93, -75.1446339°55’48” N 75°8’41” W
Staples
January 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Off to Staples for more back to school supplies for Enobong but stopped over at an Amazon hub first to pick up some deliveries
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Day 23
Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 1:58 PM
☁️ 3 °C
Altitude: 72 m
United States Philadelphia University 40.02333, -75.1916740°1’24” N 75°11’30” W
Enobong checks into Jefferson's
January 9, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Got to the school roughly about 13:40, located the building she would be staying in temporarily. The international students coordinator was already waiting for us in the house her room is located in.

It is a typical town house with a palour and kitchen on the ground floor. A bathroom/toilet and 3 rooms on the 1st floor and finally 2 rooms on the 2nd floor.

Her room is quite small and had a bed, reading table, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe. This is where she would be staying for the next 10days before relocating to the new students residence.

Shortly after we dashed off to King of Prussia to buy some items before returning to Jefferson to drop her off.

Stopped at an Amazon locker hub to pick up a package and buy bread and some food for the houseRead more
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Day 24
Monday, January 10, 2022 at 3:20 PM
⛅ -1 °C
Altitude: 10 m
United States Palmer Park 39.97322, -75.134139°58’24” N 75°8’3” W
Finding PreDepature Covid Test Centre
January 10, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
For the past 1 week I have been trying to book a COVID-Test appointment. All the centres seem to be fully booked till after my departure date. Spent the whole on it.

Eventually decided some days ago to search for paid test centres. There is a paid centre a Philadelphia Airport which advices 3 days to await for result with a disclaimer that they can't be held responsible for disruption to travel plans. Tried calling their number but couldn't get through.

Finally found a paid testing site Passport Health, was able to book a test on the 12th in their one of their New Jersey clinic for $288 per personRead more
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Day 24
Monday, January 10, 2022 at 5:01 PM
⛅ -1 °C
Altitude: 20 m
United States Rittenhouse Square 39.95, -75.1716739°57’0” N 75°10’18” W
Rittenhouse Square
January 10, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -1 °C
Went to Barnes & Nobkes opposite Rittenhouse Square to pick up a book Uddy had ordered last week. After which we strolled through the square taking pictures, the weather was so cold that we didn't spend much time before dashing off to the bus stop to take a bus back to the apartment.Read more
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Day 25
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 3:56 PM
☀️ -4 °C
Altitude: 72 m
United States Philadelphia University 40.02351, -75.1922440°1’25” N 75°11’32” W
At Jefferson's
January 11, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ -4 °C
Drove to Jefferson East Fall, hoping to visit the bookstore and get a branded lanyard as the navigator in the car couldn't locate the main campus bookstore in town but alas the bookstore had been closed due to a covid incidence.

Spent some time with Enobong in her room before heading off to Five Below store, from there we headed off to my friend's place for a lovely Chinese dinner. Left a few minutes after 7, dropped Enobong off in school and headed back to the apartment.Read more
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