Day 10 - Philadelphia - Cloudy and Showers - Mid 50s:
After seeing the weather report last night, we decided to have a bit of a rest day today and slept in and just lounged around the hotel room in the morning and made sandwiches for lunch. After lunch we headed out to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to find the Rocky statue. The statue used to be at the top of the steps made famous during Rocky's training run in the movie but the "fine art fanatics" did not think the statue was worthy to be in front of their museum, so Rocky has been moved down to the bottom right part of the stairs. We then did our best Rocky impressions and ran up the steps to pose for victory pictures at the top. Then we walked to the Philadelphia City Hall and posed with the LOVE sculpture and the many board game pieces laid out about the square.
We then headed to the Reading Terminal Market which is a great indoor public market with lots of food vendors and fresh produce, it reminded me of the old Portland Public Market but about twice the size. We decided that we will head back to the market tomorrow to pick up some food for the next leg of our trip.
From here we walked about two and a half miles to the nearest movie theater and watched Michael Jackson's This Is It movie. Even though I'm not the biggest Michael Jackson fan it was a good movie and give us a glimpse of the music genius he really was. The whole movie goes through the different songs and rehearsals he was preparing for his London tour. I would suggest the movie to everyone even if your not a huge fan.
For dinner we headed over to the famous Jim's Steaks so I could get a Philly cheese steak. I have decided that they really are better in Philly.
Now back in the hotel packing up and getting ready for our next adventure in Washington, DC.
Take care everyone
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Did Michael Jackson sing the greatest song ever, Man in the Mirror in his new movie? Mike wants to know.
ReplyDeleteOh he did and we both looked at each other and wondered if we should call him at that moment!
ReplyDeletethanks for the help I'm a little computer incline. looks like your having fun better take a break. Heading warmer climates? There has been great weather here lately almost 70 one day but today we back to normal. Keep it under a hundred and don't take any wooden nickels.
ReplyDeleteI am really getting an education reading about your trip . keep up the good work.and stay safe
ReplyDeleteyou were making me hungry when you were taking pictures of the food! I cant wait to go on the freedom tour now!! Looks like so much fun. =)
ReplyDeletecheers! chow! ciao! for now....don't forget your rain coats, GPS & mile wide smiles! love & HUGS.
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