On the playground is where I spent most of my days

Sooo I had this really awesome post drafted on my trip to Philadelphia aaand Blogger deleted it for being too awesome. But really, it was like 30 pages long with pictures and historical facts. So now I'll take it in parts so Blogger doesn't flip out again.

PART ONE

Ashley and I sang the theme to "The Prince of Bel Air" all day. Actually, just the first line because it says Philadelphia and that's the only one we know. All of these pictures are Ashley's because it was raining and snowing on us all day and her camera is waterproof. We were braving the elements that day.

We tried really hard to sleep on the bus because we were up really early. That was difficult, but we sat up on the top of this double decker bus and had an awesome view driving into the city.

soooo earrrllyyy

lower east side dc

classic bus sleeping pose

or you can try the fetal position

We went to the Philadelphia Mall for our tour of the main historic parts of the city.

1. Independence Hall/Old City Hall/Congress Hall

Old City Hall

Independence Hall

Congress Hall and Philosophical Hall

 2. Second and First Banks of the US

Second Bank of the US

3. Library Hall

Library Hall

love the cobblestone roads!

 4. Carpenter's Hall (where they conspired)

mid-town

 5. Christ Church

founding fathers went to church here

this font is like 400 years old or something crazy like that

6. Elfreth's Alley (the oldest neighborhood in America that is still a working neighborhood! Since 1702, 3,000 people have lived there. Very cute and old.)

7. Betsy Ross' House (no one is sure if it actually happened here, but they make money off of it, anyways)

 8. Ben Franklin's Grave (if you flip a penny onto the grave and make a wish, it will come true. Ashley's rolled off the grave, so what does that mean...??)

my wish is somewhere down there

Well this is about half-way! More to come about this very cold/very fun day.