Heading to the airport!

All the bags! In the taxi and off to Heathrow we go.
Heathrow Airport

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 baconMeer informatie
Dublin Airport

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 weMeer informatie
City Hall

A few blocks from our apartment was Philadelphia city hall
Wonderspaces - Philadelphia

A mixture of interactive art exhibits
The Liberty Bell 🛎

It's a bell, with a crack in it 🤷🏼
Pop up karaoke 🎤

Whilst walking the streets to our apartment we stumbled across this pop up karaoke. A bit of Miley Cyrus followed by Queen
Rocky Steps

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 justMeer informatie
Angelo's Pizzeria South Philly

You can't go to Philadelphia without getting a Philly cheesteak.
Franklin Institute

A science museum with lots of interactive exhibits, great for children and James.
East State Penitentiary

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 shallMeer informatie
But first, a coffee

We can't start the day with loads of travel without grabbing a Starbucks first.
Greyhound Terminal

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)
Bus crash

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 onMeer informatie
Welcome to Baltimore, MD

Just a bus stop, dropping off and picking up people. We aren't staying. But we can now check off Maryland as a state?
Made it to DC!

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
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

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 ofMeer informatie
Washington Monument

Next up was to see the giant 🍆 obelisk.
*knock knock* Biden isn't home right now

Casa blanca
Pizza

Pizza bib! Great for the "kids" (James)
The other kids were doing it!

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 obeliskMeer informatie
Capitol at night

A little shot of the Capitol building lit up
Tourist run around National Mall

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 memorialMeer informatie
Post run coffee

We stopped into "Dua" for a couple of post run iced coffees.
Waffles by mistake

We thought we had picked up a couple of sausage and egg bagels for breakfast. Turns out we got the waffles by mistake 😬