This Memorial Day vacation was a Mother's Day gift from my husband! We spend Saturday, Sunday and Monday exploring and gallivanting through the "City of Brotherly Love". Arriving at close to 11:30 on Saturday morning, our first stop was at Bobby's Burger Palace for lunch. After parking our car in a lot (parking in Philadelphia is a lot like parking in NY - not possible...,) we visited the Academy of Natural Sciences (where I was in "geek" heaven!), The Franklin Institute and walked through LOVE park. Dinner was at Elephant and Castle, which was unbelievably delicious. Actually, every meal we had was beyond scrumptious! On Sunday we took a tourist trolley ride (which was incredibly informative) through the entire heart of Philadelphia, but not before visiting the famed Liberty Bell. We stopped at Reading Market for lunch, then walked through the Eastern State Penitentiary, which was informative, yet creepy! The weather was so incredibly hot as we walked through the Philadelphia Zoo. We glimpsed at the Rocky Steps and Benjamin Franklin's grave before heading to dinner at Amada, a Spanish tapas restaurant. Ice cream for dessert at the Franklin Fountain. The Aquarium was our first stop on Monday morning and was our favorite part of the trip. My Little Lovebug loved looking at the colorful fish and trying to touch them. A scuba diver even swam down and took his picture with him. We toured the US Mint and Betsy Ross' house and had a fantastic dinner at Bistro Romano and shakes at Dairy Queen before heading home! Not the most relaxing vacation, but a fun one nevertheless. What I loved about Philadelphia was how many things were "hands-on" and appropriate for my Little Lovebug's little hands to touch. He had a great time - we all did!
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| Eating Sweet Potato Fries and a Burger at BBP |
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| Touching the T-Rex |
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| Sleeping at the Franklin Institute |
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| The LOVEbugs |
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| Liberty Bell |
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| Ben and Ben |
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| At the Philadelphia Zoo |
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| Piggy-back Ride at the Philadelphia Zoo |
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| Feeling the Fish |
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| My Little Chomper at Adventure Aquarium |
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| Future Scuba Diver? |
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| Cute Little Octopus |
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| Philadelphia Skyline |
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| My Little Patriot |
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