Dear NEXT TRAVELER to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!
Highlights/Recommendations:
1. Independence Hall
2. Climb the Rocky Steps
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
3. United States Mint at Philadelphia
NEXT TIME:
1. Liberty Bell
2. LOVE sculpture
3. Reading Terminal Market
4. Benjamin Franklin Parkway
We traveled with our two older children to Philadelphia as part of a quick visit to several other states. These are the highlights from our day in Philly.
We booked tickets for a guided tour of Independence Hall through the National Park Service. They only cost $1 each but were important to secure a spot for a guided tour. The tour lasted about 20 minutes that enabled us to see the Assembly Room (where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both signed). We were required to arrive 30 minutes before the start of the tour. We hung out in the park area until the time for our tour.
We didn’t see the Liberty Bell because the wait was over an hour. We had been traveling for several days and the kids weren’t feeling like standing in line for over an hour. We decided to pass on the tour and save it for next time. Instead, we decided to visit the US Mint.
The United States Mint was on our list to visit because of a family friend that is an avid coin collector and our son was finishing up his Eagle Scout requirements and one of his options was to visit a mint. Win-Win! We took a self-guided tour that lasted about 45 minutes. There is plenty to see and lots of signage to help explain the process of minting. We thought it was great. The United States Mint is located at 151 N. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA 19106
After the MINT visit we took the PHLASH bus and rode through the downtown Philly area. We saw the Philadelphia Capitol and the Philadelphia LDS Temple. The architecture of both of these buildings is stunning.
We rode the bus to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to attempt to run up the Rocky Steps.
There are 72 steps to climb to re-create what Sylvester Stallone did in the Rocky movie. We started strong but quickly realized we hadn’t trained like Rocky to be able to run up them all. We took the famous picture from the top of the stairs with a view of the Philadelphia city skyline.
Philadelphia was great and we look forward to another visit to see more! It is The City of Brotherly Love!
Next Traveler 