After the reprieve from the PPA we headed for the historical quarter of Philadelphia where we went on a tour of Independence Hall, the place the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. One of the things we learned was that although the Declaration was completed on 4 July, it wasn't actually signed until 2 August. We then got trapped by yet another torrential downpour, this time in Benjamin Franklin Court, a museum devoted to the great man. We intended going to the top of City Hall so that Sue could get her fix but the rain delay meant that it was closed by the time we got there.
The next day we set off for Baltimore, but (surprise, surprise) via Longwood Gardens in Maryland. This was established by Pierre DuPont, one of the industrial family which made its original fortune from gunpowder. Sue loved wandering around the garden and I did quite a lot of reading!
This morning we drove from our hotel to the Inner Harbour in Baltimore. We parked by the waterfront and went up to the viewing platform of Baltimore's World Trade Center. This area of the city is very impressive. It's been redeveloped really well. Although there was lots of information in the Trade Center about famous citizens (eg Billy Holliday, Babe Ruth, John Waters) and films that were shot here (eg Hairspray, Absolute Power) there was no mention of "The Wire"!
We arrived this afternoon at our hotel in the Georgetown area of Washington. The car thermometer read 100F, so we're chilling out with the air con in our room and saving the sight-seeing until Saturday and Sunday
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We are experiencing heavy showers at the moment, but quite cool. Glad you did not have to pay your fine. Carry on enjoying yourselves. Were there lots of unusual plants in the gardens there or are they like ours.
Carry on tripping.
Pam & Terry
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