Pictures from Philadelphia

Moving and Banchi kind of took over in importance, but in between all of this we had a really nice trip to Philadelphia earlier this month. Brett was in a 3 day bridge inspection class. Kids and I visited the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Free Library, The Liberty Bell, The Betsy Ross Museum, The Children's Museum and the Independence Hall presentation. It was chilly but sunny in the afternoons so we had some time at playgrounds too, and Simon decided he liked swings. Three days is not enough time to see the city--we never made it to the Italian neighborhoods, The Franklin Center and many other things we would have liked to see. But what a great town--I loved the historic district and the boathouse row, and many of the buildings were as grand as anything in NYC. I was suprised by this, and also by how the city felt like it had such a different personality from NY. I noticed a more academic feel and more racial tension, right off the bat. Interesting, not what I would have expected. The traffic getting through the suburbs where we were staying was horrible. Cute suburb towns, but I can't believe people do such congested commutes on a regular basis.