Note: The Duck Boat Tours in Philadelphia, no longer operate.
On Wednesday we had
our overnight trip in
historical downtown Philadelphia, for my birthday weekend! (My birthday is Sept 4th). We had a really nice time and we got to see a bunch of places!
We took the train downtown and the weather was sunny and around 86 degrees both days we were down there which was good, because we walked everywhere! Our hotel was down the street from Independence Hall and right in the middle of all the historical spots, so it was ideal for walking. We didn't need to take any transportation, aside from the train to get us downtown and back home.
Here's a few from our trip! Wednesday before we checked into the hotel, we got to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall!
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| Liberty Bell |
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| Independence Hall- they were renovating. |
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| Chestnut Street |
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| Best Western Independence Park Hotel |
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| Our Hotel is a historic building. |
We took the Duck Boat Tour Wednesday evening. When we got there to check in, they refunded us $12 on our tickets, because they said they weren't going to be going out on the water that evening because of the aftermath from Irene. I don't know what changed but midway through the tour- we did go out on the water after all, lol!
There was a lot of debris floating in the Delaware River but we kept to the side.There wasn't room service at our hotel, so for dinner we walked down to a
Wawa on Walnut street and picked up a salad and wraps for dinner Wednesday night.
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| Benjamin Franklin Bridge |
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| First Congress |
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| Where Ben Franklin had his society for intelligent gentlemen. |
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| Betsy Ross House |
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| First Post Office in the United States. |
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| First Stock Exchange in the United States. |
Video of our Duck Boat going into the Delaware River:
