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