Heading to the airport!
30 Agustus 2022, Inggris ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
All the bags! In the taxi and off to Heathrow we go.
Heathrow Airport
30 Agustus 2022, Inggris ⋅ ⛅ 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 baconBaca selengkapnya
Dublin Airport
30 Agustus 2022, Irlandia ⋅ ⛅ 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 weBaca selengkapnya
City Hall
31 Agustus 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A few blocks from our apartment was Philadelphia city hall
Wonderspaces - Philadelphia
31 Agustus 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A mixture of interactive art exhibits
The Liberty Bell 🛎
31 Agustus 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
It's a bell, with a crack in it 🤷🏼
Pop up karaoke 🎤
31 Agustus 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌙 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 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 justBaca selengkapnya
Angelo's Pizzeria South Philly
1 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
You can't go to Philadelphia without getting a Philly cheesteak.
Franklin Institute
1 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A science museum with lots of interactive exhibits, great for children and James.
East State Penitentiary
1 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 shallBaca selengkapnya
But first, a coffee
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We can't start the day with loads of travel without grabbing a Starbucks first.
Greyhound Terminal
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 onBaca selengkapnya
Welcome to Baltimore, MD
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☀️ 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 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofBaca selengkapnya
Washington Monument
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Next up was to see the giant 🍆 obelisk.
*knock knock* Biden isn't home right now
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Casa blanca
Pizza
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Pizza bib! Great for the "kids" (James)
The other kids were doing it!
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 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 obeliskBaca selengkapnya
Capitol at night
2 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A little shot of the Capitol building lit up
Tourist run around National Mall
3 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 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 memorialBaca selengkapnya
Post run coffee
3 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We stopped into "Dua" for a couple of post run iced coffees.
Waffles by mistake
3 September 2022, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌧 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 😬