Philly in a day

 We drove into Philadelphia late last night and found out the hard way how bad the drivers are in Pennsylvania.  I don't care to drive at night and in wooded areas, so that didn't help either.  Needless to say, I was extremely relieved when we were greeted by the beautifully lit City Hall in Downtown Philadelphia, just a couple blocks from our hotel.  

Since we needed to move our car (An lent us his Honda) by 8 AM, Trung and I woke up early, but just to pack up the stuff that we would leave in the car for the rest of the day.  Trung walked back from the all day parking garage and then we got the girls up and ready for the day.

  We walked over to Reading Terminal to enjoy an Amish breakfast and to look at all the goodies.  I found it amusing that philly cheese steak pockets were being sold alongside pigs in a blanket.

 So much candy

We walked over to the historical district even though we knew that the kids wouldn't care for it, but we are after all in a very historical city!

 

 The girls playing catch with Lydia's kitty outside the Liberty Bell Center

 "That's a big crack," Lydia said.

 The front of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed.

 The very room of the signing

 We were already hungry when we walked over to Jim's Steaks, so after standing in line for 45 minutes, we were starving. 

The philly cheese steaks weren't quite as good as I expected, though you probably couldn't tell by the way I was stuffing my face.  The bread was nice and soft, but the meat seemed a little too dry.  Trung got the works (mushrooms and peppers) on his sandwich, which helped a lot.

 Everything seemed to made out of glass on the cool wall and inside too, but we couldn't find the way in.

 Lydia's Marilyn Monroe moment

 The beautiful City Hall that took our breaths away as we drove into town

 Sisterly love in the city of brotherly love

The seafood platter at Cantler's...some of the best crabs I've ever had!  :P

We learned a new method of getting crab meat...hammering.  Trung didn't like it so much since it tended to smash the crab meat.