It would be negligent of me if I didn’t mention my 2 day layover in Philadelphia. I was en-route to St. Louis, where I live, but due to bad weather, my 2 hour layover in Philly turned into 2 days. Actually, this gave me a great opportunity to check out the ‘City of Brotherly Love’. Since I always fly first-class, my airlines gave me a voucher for a place to sleep , which was right next to the airport. The hotel was a very nice establishment and the staff was very professional.

I found Philadelphia to be larger than I thought and clearly more entertaining than what I was lead to believe. For the first time in my life, I took a bus tour, the Big Bus tour to be exact. I was a bit reluctant at first, but the staff at the hotel told me that I should give it a try. I found the tour to be very informative and I really liked the idea about being able to jump on and off at will. Even though it was very cold and there was snow on the ground, which made me not jump off as often as I would have. But, when the bus came to the sculpture of the Irish immigrants, I jumped off the bus and braved the cold weather, I just had to get a closer look as such a great monument. I also jumped off to see the Liberty Bell and I could see why the bell cracked, it really was not a great piece of workmanship.

I found the tour of Independence Hall irritating, because my tour guide would ask us questions. If I had the answers, I would not be on the tour. To top off my unexpected visit of Philadelphia, I went to Sonny’s and ordered their famous Philly Cheesesteak. All in all, I’m very glad I had a two day lay-over in Philadelphia. It truly was an unexpected pleasure.

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