Anyway, after settling in to my great little loft apartment - complete with dormer windows... how I love dormer windows... I slept. And slept.
Spent Sunday in Philadelphia city, which was very nice... etc etc... I think at this point in the trip I'm just a bit beyond seeking typical tourist hot spots, and much prefer just the relaxed sort of activities. Went to see the Liberty Bell and City Hall... all nice... but yeah. After a few hours walking I found a great little theatre - the Roxy - which is one of few remnants of the old-fashioned, independently run theatres (indication - no, they didn't accept credit cards). Downside is they only ever show two movies at a time, so having seen The Dark Knight Rises, it was The Campaign. Funny enough, but "meh".
Monday, I chose to just stick around the Swarthmore area. They had a really neat cafe that made delicious (and cheap) food - Hobbs. Then I walked over the Swarthmore College campus, where I was stoked to find a library well stocked with any and all magazines and newspapers you could imagine. I had about 2 hours here, reading. Bliss.
Tuesday, it was on to Chicago (by air, thankfully). I don't want to indicate that Philadelphia is by no means a cool city, but it just feels a bit like every city that isn't New York gets the unfavourable comparison. I've said it before, and I stand by it, that you could have a week, a month, a year in New York and not run out of things to do. So it certainly has felt like my favourite place on this trip. :)
(Note that I'm on iPad mostly for this last part of the trip, so have issues putting photos with this blog - but will update once I get home!)
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