Vacation Day 5 Philadelphia PA

Tom and Brittanie spent the day in Philadelphia today. They saw the Liberty Bell and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe. Brittanie told me she was not impressed with Philadelphia at all. She was so funny on the phone. She and I can just about quote the entire movie "Liar Liar." Well she told me that there were so many homeless people everywhere that she thought of the scene in "Liar Liar" where Jim Carrey told the homeless guy "I just want to get from my car to the office without being confronted by the decay of western society." We are die hard Republicans and don't believe in giving hand outs to people who are fully capable of working and supporting themselves. So I was very proud that Brittanie didn't actually say that movie line to the homeless guy or tell him to get a job. But she said there were homeless people everywhere and if you ignore them and just keep walking, they will follow you jingling their can. Knowing Tom and Brittanie like I do, I know it took an enormous amount of restraint for them not to tell them something.

After they left Philadelphia, they drove to New Jersey and checked into their hotel. Definitely not as nice as the other 3 hotels they have been in but it is cheap, clean, and has free parking so they took it. Well they wanted to see Liberty Park. Tom went on Google to find the directions to Liberty Park. Well Google maps obviously knows nothing about bad neighborhoods. Tom said as he was driving, the neighborhood kept getting worse and worse and he couldn't believe they would put a park around there. He would have turned around but he was afraid to go down an even worse street. Brittanie said she was scared. Tom said I would have been totally freaking out. But they made it to the park which was in a little better area. But Tom took the long way back to the hotel via the New Jersey turnpike because it was getting dark and there was no way they were going back through that neighborhood at night. Tom has always said if he never had to go back to the New York area it would be too soon. He is only going up there so Brittanie can see it, since she has never been. They went to McDonalds for dinner tonight and she wanted a sweet tea. Tom told her that they don't have sweet tea at McDonalds up there. She was stunned! lol She can't imagine living in a place where you can't get sweet tea at McDonalds. hahaha

Tom is having trouble getting internet service in his hotel and on his Blackberry up there. So I don't know if I will have pictures again until they get home Saturday night. They are staying tonight and tomorrow night at their NJ hotel and then leaving Saturday morning to come home.

ADDENDUM: I got an e-mail this morning from Tom telling me that the pictures are up, so here goes!Brittanie in Valley Forge. If you read the inscription on the monument, you will know why she is smiling!
Obviously this is the Liberty Bell (the Tom's backside hehe)

I think these two pictures (above and below) were taken in Valley Forge.Stained glass window of Elvis at the Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia.

Tom and Brittanie's New Jersey hotel (above). It's a far cry from their DC hotel but it's cheap!

The New York skyline taken from Liberty Park. Enjoy these pictures because they risked their life for them. heheheThere are a bunch more pictures taken in Valley Forge and Philadelphia to see on Tom's photo gallery. Click here.