The weekend that just passed was Philadelphia Amanda & AJ style!
It started off with me catching the train to Philly (first time alone, wooh!) and catching the bus (with the nicest EVER bus driver) to the National Constitution Centre to meet my lil aussie pal AJ (who had trained in from D.C). We had a quick run through the NCC, which was pretty crappy. I may have enjoyed it if I'd wondered around on my own for a while but it wasn't really worth the $12.
Anyway, then after a "short" walk, we ended up at an Irish Pub for dinner with AJ's host dad & some aussie interns. The pub was mega packed but it was great to be around some people with familiar accents and lots of laughter! I was going to have a Philly Cheese Steak but wasn't in the mood, so went with fish & chips instead (was feeling the Aussie!) and had a vodka lemonade and boy are americans heavy on the vodkas! Apparently their shots are twice the size of ours, p;lus they are usually quiet generous with that amount so it was sort of a splash of lemonade with my vodka!
After AJ & I left, we went around the corner to one of my favourite restaurants, 'Johnny Rockets'! I first went to one in Cairns (back down-under) but they shut it down, so I was friggin excited to see this 'Johnny Rockets'. Its an American 50's style diner with traditional diner food (awesome shakes) and little juke boxes on the table, and the waiters dance to certain songs that are played! Its really corny but you've gotta love it (oh and we did!) and if you see one - go!
After Johnny Rockets, we took a cab back to the station, then walked from the Jenkintown station back to my host home (got a little lost on the way however). In the morning we had breakfast at IHOP (International House of Pancakes) with was ridiculously yummy. I had strawberry & banana pancakes. There hashbrowns are really weird though - shredded potato joined together with I dunno cheese or something. So they looked like little piles of grated cheese hehe.
We headed back into Philadelphia, after breakfast, and decided we would just walk around and find anything interesting! So we toured the streets, video camera in my hand & digital camera in AJ's, map in our pocket and tourist grins on our faces! My favourite thing about Philly is how it mixes old architecture with brand new -its a really interesting combination and makes for a fascinating city. It's known as the 'City of Brotherly Love' and we visited the famous 'LOVE' sign - not as big as we thought lol but it was great to see!
As well as taking a walking tour, we did some major shopping in a cheap little fashion shop and went souvinear crazy with postcards, badges, sweatshirts and magnets. People aren't the most tourist friendly in Philadelphia, but it was still a great city to visit. You can probably do it in a weekend - we missed some of the historical sights like the liberty bell, but they wouldn't take to long.
All in all, it was a great weekend - I had the most fun since I've been here! And AJ and I have started dreaming about the rest of our American travels - so look out for more news of that (hopefully soon!)
love amanda x
ps: i really miss all of you back in aussie land! xxx
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hey gorgeous!
ReplyDeletewow philly sounded awesome. I must go to a that rocket place, ive now forgotten what its called! argh but anyway illl recconise the name if i see it im sure. :) Speaking of Cairns (i never know the spelling lol) my family and i might be going there in May, well Port Douglas anyway. So yes that will be fun.
Awww hows little AJ going? I heard she was having a rough time with her family, is it getting better?
I dont think i'll make it to Philly this travel time, maybe another day when I come back to America.
Keep blogging I love hearing of your adventures. Pitty you cant come to our adventure to Boston this wke. :'( but we will have to sort something the wke before i leave, maybe all catch up in NYC :)
xxx
Keep it cool chicky babe xx