Last Day in the City of Brotherly Love

It has taken me almost a good 3 weeks to finish my series of pictures from Philly. Half of me know's that it's because with work and life in general it just isn't convenient to sit at a computer and write a blog post. The other half of me knows I've been holding on to the idea of Philly/East Coast and looking at these pictures makes me relive the excitement of experiencing something new. 

Last day in Philly with a flight at 4pm, our day consisted of going to Philly's Art Museum to climb up the famous "Rocky Balboa" steps and his statue. This day was actually a lot of laughs and fun, it might of been a mixture of getting a full night's rest to thinking "it's our last day i'm gonna enjoy it and take in everything from air to sites." The picture above is one of many Philly's street art, how crazy does it look, if you look closely it's almost 3D. 

Our hotel is on the left, just wanted to take a street view. I never thought that dead trees would actually be pretty. I'm sure its the idea that it's actually winter and yes tree's do die and somehow get green in the spring. Tree's dont die in winter in California like this, at least not gracefully.

Masonic temple when we were driving to the Art Museum, reminded me of National Treasure! & Of course all the Philly art museum pictures. So breathtakingly beautiful! The view from the top of the steps of the DT Philly was also beautiful. & YES we did run up the steps, I ran up in my boots! My sister and I ran up together and we were laughing the whole time. It was a combo of us running with each other despite her wearing flats and me wearing boots, also knowing everyone was watching us laughing with us thinking she's running in boots! haha.

View from behind the museum overlooking the boat houses. Our last day was really meant for the "look at all the last historic sites and take pictures for lasting memories" (of course) even if we look like asian tourist :) 

For some reason this picture turned out odd, I keep forgetting that my camera is a bit more complicated than a point and shoot, so if someone else ends up taking a picture it doesn't turn out the way it should. 

After this we took a walk by the delta, actually not on purpose, I thought it'd be a faster route back to the car, but it wasn't. My sister and her bf were actually freaking out the whole time, they should of trusted me, it did end up being around the corner, just a scenic walk. A lot of people were just exercising or taking a stroll near the delta, we felt kinda funny with the way we were dressed but regardless it was nice to do something local. 

Before our flight we had lunch and I kept forgetting to get Dunkin' Donuts so I just got it at the airport. The funny thing is we were doing a count on how many Dunkin' Donuts we saw walking around we must of saw 20+ without recounting, Dunkin' Donuts are everywhere, every corner, the shops underneath at the 15th/16th street entrance for the subway. The east coast loves their Dunkin' Donuts! I guess it might be the equivalent to a Starbucks for the West Coast. I don't get it! Actually I probably never will, well besides that their coffee is actually yummy, that was the only thing I had at the shops underneath the Market entrance for the subway. The only donut shop I've ever loved is the one in the town my parents live in, so I guess I'm biased. 

After looking at all the pictures from Philly, (at least for this last post) i'm longing to live in a city with four seasons. I know that sounds ridiculous because most of the time people from the East Coast coming to California always use that excuse but it's actually a very legit reason. California just really has Spring all year around! Okay so that's not really a good reason, but honestly the main reason is I'd love to live in a city with so much history, dating back to the founding fathers, the first colonies. I'd love to soak in the history and appreciate holiday's like fourth of july, have summer bbq's/block parties etc etc. I know i'd love to live on the East Coast for at least a handful of years, before I start a family with children. I'll try to make it happen, one of these day's, after I accomplish all my career & academic goals. I'm glad I made this trip with my sister, and hopefully next time it'll be a bigger east coast trip with other people that are important in my life, so they can fall in love like I did. :)

Happy Saturday!