On July 25, 2017, I went by bus from State College (around 1h by car from Williamsport) to Philadelphia. During the 4h bus ride I passed many scenically beautiful places, for example at the Susquehanna River shortly before Harrisburg.

 

The weather was the whole day more cloudy, as you can see on the pictures. On a stop in Mifflintown, I have seen that the weather could have been kind of a – in the true sense of the word- „calm before the storm“: In Birmingham, Alabama for example, a street just had been washed away by the rain. There were also already some extreme weather warnings for Philadelphia. Luckily, it didn’t come that bad today (July 26) and it was just cloudy again, but with the sun sometimes coming out.

Philadelphia is maybe one of the most historic cities of the US, what also the many bynames of Philadelphia are showing, e.g. Philly, The City of Brotherly Love, The City That Loves you Back, Cradle of Liberty, The Quaker City, The Birthplace of America…

Here in Philadelphia, the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain was discussed and finally announced on July 4, 1776, like also the US Constitution on July 17, 1787. Philadelphia also was, from 1790 to 1800, the 2nd capital of the United States after New York. So there’s pretty much history on a few square miles.

When I got out of the bus in Philadelphia at around 2:45 pm, I was at first a bit overwhelmed by the size of the city and had to orient myself again. The bus station is situation just next to the 30th Street Station, the train station and the most important traffic junction of Philadelphia.

From this station, there a departing trains to New York, Washington DC, Boston and Baltimore, the subway station is nearby, too. After I got there – after some tries without success with my credit card- I finally paid my ticket cash and I also had found out that it’s better not to slide the ticket too fast through the card slot (it doesn’t work if you do so) I get into the subway – right line – but the wrong direction! So I get off again at the next station and take the next subway to the right direction. But somehow this subway seemed to go to the wrong direction again – I get off a second time and take the subway to the opposite direction, but this time not without asking someone if this subway now really goes to the right direction. This time everything works. After I have checked in in the Apple Hostle, I set off to a little walking tour through Philadelphia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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