Hi Everyone!

This morning some of us left, because they wouldn't go to Philadelphia and Washington with us. And although we were sad that our new friends had to leave, we were all excited to continue our trip!

The rest of us left New Jersey at 9:00 AM to Philadelphia, in a 2 hours bus drive, arriving at 11:00 AM. 

Then we had two hours free time at Reading Terminal Market and the surrounding area, where we could eat lunch and buy some souvenirs.

Reading Terminal Market

After that, we drove to the Constitutional Center where we first saw the presentation “We the people” and then we could break up in to small groups and explore the center for an hour and a half on our own; we could do some hands-on activities (like signing the constitution ourselves) and take pictures with statues of famous people like Benjamin Franklin and by some things at the gift shop.

Posing with the founding fathers at the Constitution Center 

After that, we met our Tour guide Jenn and we started our city tour through the historical city. First, we went to the liberty bell and we all took pictures with it. Then she showed us a lot of historical buildings, for example the Independence Hall where the constitution was signed, an extremely old church and then to Elfreth’s Alley in which the widest house is only 16 feet wide and the skinniest just 9 feet.

The famous Liberty Bell

Independence Hall

First federal bank (Andrew Jackson's enemy, as we learned)

Then we went back to the bus and drove to the Philadelphia Museum of Art where the “Rocky” statue stands and where almost all of us ran up the stairs and although it was really hot, it was awesome and now we can say, we ran up the stairs of it!!

In front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art before we ran up

the view from the top of the stairs (and our bus in the distance)

After we were done running and taking pictures, we drove with the bus to the restaurant, where a lot of us tried the famous Philly cheese steak! 

When we were done eating, we went back on the bus and now we are on our way to Washington DC!

---Ignacio, Chile and Kim, Germany