Philly Trip 5 - Center City Philadelphia

On Thursday, Rich and I caught a train into Center City Philadelphia.  The train dropped us off at Reading Terminal Market (similar to the West Side market for Clevelanders).  The first thing we did in Philly was get a Philly Cheese Steak!  We went to Carmen's in Reading Terminal.  They gave us a playing card, and when our order was up we gave them our card!

Rich got a cheese steak with mushrooms and provolone cheese.  I got one with onions, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes and american cheese.

After being well fed we went on a Big Bus Tour.  The tour would take you to different sightseeing spots, give you some history.

Our first stop on the tour was Eastern State Penitentiary .  It was an audio tour.

The tour took you inside the prison!  I'm glad we went during daylight hours, because it would be super creepy otherwise.

While we waited for the bus to pick us up again, I snapped another pic of Rich.  So handsome!

Our next stop was the art museum, so Rich could run the Rocky stairs.  To get psyched for the run, Rich posed in front of the Rocky statue:

Rich ran the stairs!  When he came back down he wasn't winded at all!!

The bus tour took us next to the liberty bell:

Right across from the liberty bell is independence hall.  Sadly, we didn't get tickets in time, so we only got to see the outside of independence hall:

Our next stop on the Big Bus was Love park.  We got 2 really cute pics:

We then met up with my friends Chris and Katie at Fado's.  We had some drinks and dinner and laughs.  It was an all around really fun close to an adventurous day!

This was our last busy, action packed day of the trip.  The next two days were a bit more relaxed.