posted by Savanah on Mar 15
Traffic isn’t that bad in Philadelphia and parking was easy to find. Before we checked into our hotel, we went to the Independence Hall Visitors Center and picked up some great information. The center has this really cool touch console where we could view all sorts of local information. We could even print out (for free!) what we were interested in seeing and it comes with a map. We printed out the information about the Liberty Bell, which was right across the street.
There wasn’t a long line at the Liberty Bell and the line moved fairly quickly, even with all the security in place checking purses and bags. We imagined the bell to be larger than it really is, but it was still pretty cool. Afterwards, we walked down a few blocks and tried to take a tour for Independence Hall, but the only place to get tickets was back at the Visitors Center, so we walked back to where we started and found out that the next tour for Independence Hall was 3 hours away.
We decided to find a good place to eat lunch and get a Philly cheesesteak. We found a place called By George located in the Reading Terminal Market. We both ordered a Philly cheesesteak and after a few bites realized that we could’ve ordered one Philly cheesesteak, because one sandwich feeds at least three people! But, somehow we both managed to finish our cheesesteaks and down an apple fritter that we bought from the Amish bakery located in the same market. Reading Terminal Market is huge and mostly has food places that serve almost any kind of meal imaginable.
We figured we still had time before the Independence Hall tour, so we decided to get back into our car and drive to one of the best luxury Philadelphia hotels in the whole city. Our hotel wasn’t far from where we were, so after we checked in, we walked down to they Besty Ross House for a tour. It was a self-guided tour and it only cost $3 each, the tour isn’t bad at all. There are people dressed in clothes of the period telling stories of Betsy Ross. We still had a bit of time before the Independence Hall tour, so we walked down to Penn Landing, then finally headed to the tour, which was worth the wait and very informative. It lasted approximately 30 minutes.
We were still so full from lunch, we didn’t do anything for dinner, didn’t need to, our stomachs were still reeling from a pound of Philly cheesesteak.
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