MMMMM! Cheesesteak!
1 out of 1 doctors approve!
And a TastyKake (don't let the name fool you.)
The next day we hit the city and saw the sites. Here we are in front of Independenc Hall.
The mandatory Liberty Bell visit. Next we hit the Mint. Funny story, the last time we were here was 2002 about 6 months after 9/11. The Mint was closed to visitors at that time. We went up and there were cement barricades (similar to the ones below) across the platform in front of the doors. We asked the guard if it was open. He replied, "The Mint is not open today." Roger looked at all the barricades and asked if it would be open at all. He replied, "Not anytime soon." Well, here we are 8 years later and able to finally get it.
We also had to pay homage to the Great Ben Franklin.
Then we stopped for lunch and had this wonderful sandwich called a pizza steak. My new fav! Then we went to the Betsy Ross House.
Lily loved these cats.
These little guys were all over the city.
We then walked around the city and stopped by Elfreth's Alley, the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in the US.
The biggest Rose Bush we have ever seen.
After stopping at Starbuck's (it was cold that day) we headed across the city to the Edgar Allen Poe site. We walked over a mile (one way) to find it was closed on Mondays. Opps.
Then we hiked back across town to the National Constitution Hall and "met" the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here Roger is with the Georgia Delegation.
The American College of Physicians was across the street.
Another one of those little guys. Go Phillies!After that, we picked up the car and drove over to the University of Pennsylvania. Since Penn is the home to both the first medical school and the first college/school of business in the US we thought a visit was in order.
On the grounds of the medical school.
Over at Wharton.
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