Oct 7 Friday- Philadelphia

Warm weather today.

We go to Independence Hall and take the tour.

The guide is excellent. He knows his history, anecdotes, details about each of the signers involved, as well as the general sense of the time. As in some of the other historic places we’ve visited, there is a sense of connection with the history and ideals forged in these places.

We visit the Liberty Bell, which is just across the street in its own monument structure.

We then take the metro to the Philadelphia City Hall, which is enormous,

and then Love Park.

After that we walk up Benjamin Franklin Parkway to Swann Fountain.

Legs and feet sore, we return to the hotel, but stop and take a tour of the graveyard where Ben Franklin was buried.

Then we head over to Reading Terminal Market, an enclosed marketplace very similar to our DTLA central market, where I got a Pastrami from Hershel’s, and then cannoli for dessert.

Exhausted, we return to the hotel.