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