The City of Brotherly Love

After a nice breakfast, we had to say bye bye to some of our new and good friends, who did not book the rest of the trip - We miss you!

We continued with the bus ride to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During that trip we watched a Spider Man movie, which was fun.

As we came to Philly we were hungry, so we stopped at the Reading Terminal for food and to check out the great variety of places to eat. Some had the famous Philly cheese steak and some had Sushi and some German food. We were really happy as we found the German market, where we found real German bread and good German candy, which were too expensive for us, but we still bought it.

Then we took the bus to the Constitution Center, where we had some time on the lawn in front of it. We took some funny pictures, relaxed and tried to get a tan, because the weather was fantastic. It was warm and sunny. In the Center we learned about the Constitution. The most important words of it are “We the people.”

Our group in front of the Constitution Center where we learned how the U.S. became a country.
Many of us bought our state flags


The four of us (Lars, Max, me and Valentin)

After a little break in the gift shop we met Bevin, our tour guide. He took us to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where we saw the old Congress house and Senate as well the Supreme Court.  Then we saw the First Bank of the US, which looked like an old roman temple. After that we walked to the first gild building, which is Carpenter’s Hall. 

Group shot in front of Independence Hall

Carpenter's Hall (site of first First Continental Congress)

As we were walking to Christ Church--the church were the fathers of the Constitution belonged to--we saw a fire and many fire trucks and many news reporters, which was really interesting, but not planned (and we stayed clear of it)! Then we threw some coins on Benjamin Franklin's grave, which is a tradition, which is really profitable for the church, because we learned that they earn $4000 in a year with that.

Ben Franklin's Grave in Christ Church Graveyard

After that we took a little bus tour through the City, the last stop was the Art Museum, with the famous stairs, which Rocky used for his training. To feel like him we had a little race up the stairs as a group. It was a lot of fun. That made us very hungry, so we went out for the famous Philly cheese steak, which was really delicious.

At the top of the "Rocky Steps"

Our day in Philadelphia ended here, because we had to take the bus to the hotel near Washington D.C. We had a great day, which was packed with a lot of fun and interesting and historic places.

-- The Germans: Lars, “Sid” Max, Valentin, Felix