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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 6:35 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
EnglandDorney Lake51°30’9” N 0°40’14” W
Heading to the airport!
August 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
All the bags! In the taxi and off to Heathrow we go.
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 7:30 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- EnglandHeathrow Central railway station51°28’12” N 0°27’6” W
Heathrow Airport
August 30, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We are all checked in, our bags have been dropped off.
We've queued and made it through security (James' hand sanitizer was checked), grabbed one final Pret coffee (OK with a yoghurt pot and baconRead more
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 12:50 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 67 m
IrelandCloghran53°25’54” N 6°14’42” W
Dublin Airport
August 30, 2022 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We landed safely in Dublin after a short flight.
Unfortunately there was a departing plane at our gate, so we had to sit on our plane for a while before we could park up and get off. Fortunately weRead more
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 10:11 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
United StatesCenter Square39°57’6” N 75°9’54” W
City Hall
August 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A few blocks from our apartment was Philadelphia city hall
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 12:30 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- United StatesChinatown Friendship Gate39°57’6” N 75°9’30” W
Wonderspaces - Philadelphia
August 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A mixture of interactive art exhibits
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 2:14 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- United StatesLiberty Bell Center39°57’0” N 75°9’0” W
The Liberty Bell 🛎
August 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
It's a bell, with a crack in it 🤷🏼
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 9:58 PM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 88 m
- United StatesCenter Square39°57’0” N 75°9’48” W
Pop up karaoke 🎤
August 31, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Whilst walking the streets to our apartment we stumbled across this pop up karaoke. A bit of Miley Cyrus followed by Queen
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- Day 3
- Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 9:10 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United StatesEakins Oval39°57’54” N 75°10’48” W
Rocky Steps
September 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
James is a huge fan of the Rocky movies. Of course the training montages ending wirh Rocky Balboa runnung up the stair case in front of the museum of art is an iconic scene in cinema and James justRead more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 1:02 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- United StatesPalumbo Playground39°56’27” N 75°9’27” W
Angelo's Pizzeria South Philly
September 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
You can't go to Philadelphia without getting a Philly cheesteak.
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- Day 3
- Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 3:14 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- United StatesBenjamin Franklin National Memorial39°57’29” N 75°10’21” W
Franklin Institute
September 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A science museum with lots of interactive exhibits, great for children and James.
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- Day 3
- Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 6:25 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- United StatesEastern State Penitentiary39°58’6” N 75°10’18” W
East State Penitentiary
September 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We went to East State Penitentiary for an evening tour.
The first prison every built in the world and even housed Al Capone for a bit (yeah we knew of the name, didn't realise who it was. But we shallRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 8:23 AM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- United StatesChinatown Friendship Gate39°57’6” N 75°9’24” W
But first, a coffee
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We can't start the day with loads of travel without grabbing a Starbucks first.
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- United StatesChinatown Friendship Gate39°57’10” N 75°9’25” W
Greyhound Terminal
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Time for us to catch a bus (we used Peter Pan buses though, not greyhound as it was cheaper and they let us include all our bags)
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 10:24 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- United StatesRiverside39°29’18” N 76°14’30” W
Bus crash
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
It seems a couple (5 cars and our bus) of cars crashed on the highway and may have clipped our bus. We snaked down the highway for a little bit (felt like we were going to roll) and now we are sat onRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 11:56 AM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- United StatesRidgleys Cove39°16’12” N 76°37’36” W
Welcome to Baltimore, MD
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Just a bus stop, dropping off and picking up people. We aren't staying. But we can now check off Maryland as a state?
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 1:08 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United StatesUnion Station38°53’54” N 77°0’24” W
Made it to DC!
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Finally made it to DC, only an hour late after the bus crash.
Now to make it to our hotel, drop our bags off and dash to the pre-booked museum
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 2:47 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- United StatesHolocaust Memorial38°53’12” N 77°1’58” W
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Didn't take any photos here due to the nature of the museum. As a free museum it was really well laid out, with loads of information and exhibits, unfortunately the layout didn't suit the volume ofRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 4:25 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- United StatesWashington Monument38°53’22” N 77°2’7” W
Washington Monument
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Next up was to see the giant 🍆 obelisk.
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 4:37 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- United StatesNational Christmas Tree38°53’42” N 77°2’12” W
*knock knock* Biden isn't home right now
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Casa blanca
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 8:09 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 61 m
- United StatesMcPherson Square38°54’12” N 77°1’60” W
Pizza
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Pizza bib! Great for the "kids" (James)
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 9:10 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- United StatesWashington Monument38°53’24” N 77°2’6” W
The other kids were doing it!
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We went to take a look at the Washington Monument at night to see it all lit up. Whilst we were looking at it. We saw a group of kids laying down on the floor putting their feet up against the obeliskRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, September 2, 2022 at 9:32 PM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- United StatesSmithsonian Grounds38°53’24” N 77°1’36” W
Capitol at night
September 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A little shot of the Capitol building lit up
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- Day 5
- Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 8:23 AM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- United StatesJapanese Lantern38°53’18” N 77°2’30” W
Tourist run around National Mall
September 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We set off for a morning run around the National Mall, seeing the Washington Monument (again), Capitol (up a bit closer than last night), past the Lincoln memorial, along the Lincoln memorialRead more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 9:42 AM
- 🌧 24 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- United StatesBragadier General James B McPherson Statue38°54’6” N 77°1’60” W
Post run coffee
September 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We stopped into "Dua" for a couple of post run iced coffees.
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- Day 5
- Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 10:00 AM
- 🌧 25 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- United StatesLuther Statue38°54’23” N 77°1’52” W
Waffles by mistake
September 3, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
We thought we had picked up a couple of sausage and egg bagels for breakfast. Turns out we got the waffles by mistake 😬