Anniversary Trip to Philadelphia

For our anniversary this year we took a day trip to Philadelphia. Richard and Jenny watched our kids so we could actually go on a date! We went through Chinatown, which we did on our honeymoon in San Fransisco, on our way to Reading Terminal Market.

Reading Terminal Market to an eclectic grouping of shops from Amish to Mexican selling anything from food to shirts. They just happen to be having an ice cream tasting festival which was very fitting for the two biggest ice cream fans. After enjoying some ice cream and lunch, we wandered over to the city building. It's a massive building in the middle of the street. We then drove to the historical part of town where Independence Hall was located. While we waited for our tour to start we went and took a picture with the Liberty Bell. The cracks still there:)


Here is Independence Hall.Here is a court room used back in the day. Notice the cage like box in the right hand corner. That was where the accused stood the whole time during trial. I guess they were trying to get you use to prison.


This is where the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Nothing in the room is original expect the chair found at the main front desk. I would imagine this was used for the chairman of the committee. It's pictured close up below. In a separate building there is a display of a copy of the Declaration of Independence but during peak visiting months like the summer they actually display an original. There are very few originals left so it was cool to see the real deal. We couldn't take a picture of it so just imagine it.

After the tour we walked to Washington park and saw the tomb of the unknown soldier. It was quite an interesting park. There were some homeless people, families with children, sunbathers in bikinis and students studying. A good people watching park I guess. We have some friends moving to Philadelphia next year and on our way back to Jenny and Richard's we saw a few places downtown that Barbara and Jared might like. What do you think Barb, it's not far from Wills?