Bus Tour to Philadelphia, Washington DC & Baltimore...
Saturday morning: Tour starts from New York. Not mentioning the early hours drive to Stamford, parking the car at Pitney Bowes office, hitchhiking our way to the train station for a ride to Grand Central, NYC. Tour starts from Chinatown, with tourists - mostly our neighbors. The only other people we got to mix were a group of Germans.
The bus picked up some tourists from Edison, New Jersey and then set off to Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was the second capital of the US. The city is notorious for its downtown, where people have broken car windows for a pack of cigarettes. Apart from that the city looks good, you could walk without a stop in the alleys and paths. Each street nearby the Independence Hall which housed the Liberty Bell has richness of history visible even today.
Next stop: Washington DC. US Capital. In the District of Columbia. Interesting that it doesn't have a single representative in the US Congress. Juggling between the National Air and Space Museum, US Capitol, the Madame Tussauds, White House for the rest of the afternoon. All the time there was a one hour time limit, so that we could cover places on time. I won't ever take the bus tour. Better go off to the place and visit. Night halt at a country inn. Safe and warm for the night.
Day Two: Things start early, for memorials in DC. Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington monument. Did you know that there is a popular misconception, that no building in DC can be taller than the Washington monument? Well now you do. :) It's actually a law that is ambiguous. A boat ride in the Potomac river and we close the day for DC.
Next Stop: Baltimore. A port city. Famous for seafood, heritage, museums... Too bad couldn't spend much time. Returned back with a thought to visit these places, and cover them in leisure. Not an hour limit. :)
The bus picked up some tourists from Edison, New Jersey and then set off to Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was the second capital of the US. The city is notorious for its downtown, where people have broken car windows for a pack of cigarettes. Apart from that the city looks good, you could walk without a stop in the alleys and paths. Each street nearby the Independence Hall which housed the Liberty Bell has richness of history visible even today.
Next stop: Washington DC. US Capital. In the District of Columbia. Interesting that it doesn't have a single representative in the US Congress. Juggling between the National Air and Space Museum, US Capitol, the Madame Tussauds, White House for the rest of the afternoon. All the time there was a one hour time limit, so that we could cover places on time. I won't ever take the bus tour. Better go off to the place and visit. Night halt at a country inn. Safe and warm for the night.
Day Two: Things start early, for memorials in DC. Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington monument. Did you know that there is a popular misconception, that no building in DC can be taller than the Washington monument? Well now you do. :) It's actually a law that is ambiguous. A boat ride in the Potomac river and we close the day for DC.
Next Stop: Baltimore. A port city. Famous for seafood, heritage, museums... Too bad couldn't spend much time. Returned back with a thought to visit these places, and cover them in leisure. Not an hour limit. :)
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