Aaron back on blogging duty here. Next up was Philadelphia, where we spent 2 nights in a dorm for the first time. Now Philly is of course the birthplace of the United States (and the Fresh Prince) so did we check out the history as soon as we got there? No, we went to the Museum of Art to run up the steps like Rocky. They even have his statue from Rocky 3 at the bottom. By the way, we weren't the only ones - in fact, there were probably 100 people doing it while we were there, and about 1 who actually wanted to look at art. That night, we went on a fun pub crawl with other hostel guests. All nationalities mixing through the international language of alcohol (although the drinking games were hard to explain without a translator)... A couple of hours of sleep later and we decided to see the sights such as the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Unfortunately our guide was duller than James Blunt, Katie Melua and Snow Patrol put together. After he declared he'd been doing his job for 30 years, the crowd applauded; I'm sure it was because they were amazed he hadn't been sacked. In the evening, we sampled the infamous Philly Cheesesteak in Jim's Steaks. Dripping in gooey cheese, full of greasy meat, packed into a bun - an artery-blocking masterpiece of a dish. We then checked out a cool bar called Raven Lounge where we played Connect 4 over a few beers (if Kanye West does it, so can we) before going to Helium Comedy Club. After some top support acts, we got the chance to see JB Smoove, best known for his role as Leon in Curb Your Enthusiasm's Black family. Although he didn't threaten to 'get up in anyone's ass', it was definitely an experience...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
ADRIAN!
Aaron back on blogging duty here. Next up was Philadelphia, where we spent 2 nights in a dorm for the first time. Now Philly is of course the birthplace of the United States (and the Fresh Prince) so did we check out the history as soon as we got there? No, we went to the Museum of Art to run up the steps like Rocky. They even have his statue from Rocky 3 at the bottom. By the way, we weren't the only ones - in fact, there were probably 100 people doing it while we were there, and about 1 who actually wanted to look at art. That night, we went on a fun pub crawl with other hostel guests. All nationalities mixing through the international language of alcohol (although the drinking games were hard to explain without a translator)... A couple of hours of sleep later and we decided to see the sights such as the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Unfortunately our guide was duller than James Blunt, Katie Melua and Snow Patrol put together. After he declared he'd been doing his job for 30 years, the crowd applauded; I'm sure it was because they were amazed he hadn't been sacked. In the evening, we sampled the infamous Philly Cheesesteak in Jim's Steaks. Dripping in gooey cheese, full of greasy meat, packed into a bun - an artery-blocking masterpiece of a dish. We then checked out a cool bar called Raven Lounge where we played Connect 4 over a few beers (if Kanye West does it, so can we) before going to Helium Comedy Club. After some top support acts, we got the chance to see JB Smoove, best known for his role as Leon in Curb Your Enthusiasm's Black family. Although he didn't threaten to 'get up in anyone's ass', it was definitely an experience...
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Philistines! Bosch, Gainsborough, Turner, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne, Duchamp, Dali et al are collectively rolling in their graves...
ReplyDeleteI'm slightly jealous that I didn't get to do the Rocky steps!