Heading to the airport!
30. elokuuta 2022, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
All the bags! In the taxi and off to Heathrow we go.
Heathrow Airport
30. elokuuta 2022, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 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 baconLue lisää
Dublin Airport
30. elokuuta 2022, Irlanti ⋅ ⛅ 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 weLue lisää
City Hall
31. elokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A few blocks from our apartment was Philadelphia city hall
Wonderspaces - Philadelphia
31. elokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A mixture of interactive art exhibits
The Liberty Bell 🛎
31. elokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
It's a bell, with a crack in it 🤷🏼
Pop up karaoke 🎤
31. elokuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Whilst walking the streets to our apartment we stumbled across this pop up karaoke. A bit of Miley Cyrus followed by Queen
Rocky Steps
1. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 justLue lisää
Angelo's Pizzeria South Philly
1. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
You can't go to Philadelphia without getting a Philly cheesteak.
Franklin Institute
1. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A science museum with lots of interactive exhibits, great for children and James.
East State Penitentiary
1. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 shallLue lisää
But first, a coffee
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We can't start the day with loads of travel without grabbing a Starbucks first.
Greyhound Terminal
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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)
Bus crash
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 onLue lisää
Welcome to Baltimore, MD
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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?
Made it to DC!
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofLue lisää
Washington Monument
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Next up was to see the giant 🍆 obelisk.
*knock knock* Biden isn't home right now
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Casa blanca
Pizza
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Pizza bib! Great for the "kids" (James)
The other kids were doing it!
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 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 obeliskLue lisää
Capitol at night
2. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A little shot of the Capitol building lit up
Tourist run around National Mall
3. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 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 memorialLue lisää
Post run coffee
3. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We stopped into "Dua" for a couple of post run iced coffees.
Waffles by mistake
3. syyskuuta 2022, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 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 😬