Monday, September 7, 2009

Travelogue-Philly Day 2

During the months of May to October, the city of Philadelphia offers trolley service called the Philly Phlash. There are 27 stops around many of the siteseeing spots around town. It runs from 10am to about 6pm. There wasn't one in the direction I was initally heading towards so I walked to my first destination, Independence Hall. Tickets are required for entry. They are free of charge from the visitor's center and indicate what time your tour begins Across the street is the Liberty Bell Center where you can go to see some crack
One place that holds a place in the hearts of some movie fans is the Philadelphia Museum of Art where Rocky Balboa ran up the staris in preperation to fight to fight Apollo Creed. Rocky lost. Won the rematch in Rocky II and the movie prop statue was put up for Rocky III. It was removed from the top of the stairs a while back the replaced at the base of the stairs a few years backOriginally, I was planning to check out Chinatown tommorrow. But, being hungry and tired, I did not want to go too far for dinner.
With the help of Yelp, this place had good reviews. I had an inexpensive dinner of seafood noodle soup with hand drawn noodles for under $6