My second day in Philadelphia began with an absolutely delicious egg, bacon and cheese biscuit sandwich at the Metropolitan Bakery near Rittenhouse Square. The biscuit was so flaky and yummy!
Here are some of my sites that day…
Pretty blue…
My Couchsurfing hostess…Claire recommended that I stop in the Curtis Building and have a look at this beautiful 15 x 49-foot mosaic of more than 100,000 pieces of favrile glass, entitled Dream Garden. Maxfield Parrish created the painting on which the mosaic is based.
This creative architecture is also in the lobby of the building…
My itinerary for the day also included seeing some of the historical sites of Philadelphia, such as Independence Hall, birthplace of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, shown below…
The Visitor’s Center is one block away, where you can obtain free tickets for the tour. This is the Assembly Room where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were drafted and signed.
Congress Hall is located next door to Independence Hall…
Here’s the Liberty Bell.
I like cemeteries and Christ Church Burial Ground is lovely. Benjamin Franklin is buried here and people like to throw pennies on his grave. They charge $2.00 to enter, but if you only want to take a look at his site, you can view it from outside the fence.
All of these historical sites are contained within a small area that is very walkable!
I walked to South Street, an eclectic part of Philadelphia after exploring this area, so come back tomorrow to check it out!
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Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Got a couple of … zeros … wrong, $2.00 – total different matter. I don’t really know what to blame .. here *smile more than myself.
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Splendid photos…although I shouldn’t have looked at breakfast time, the cheese sandwich has made me very hungry! 😉
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Hope you got something yummy to eat! 🙂
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I’m really enjoying your walks around Philly Sherry, They are quite inspirational with their mix of history and great photography, that bacon and egg scone looked pretty good too!
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Thanks Simon! I’m glad you’re enjoying and thanks for the support. I really enjoy sharing and I like a variety!!
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I like that Maxfield Parrish-based art. I’m a big fan of his work.
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I had never heard of him…it is beautiful!
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Here it’s …. when I visit Philly the bell it was outside on a square. Love that it that crack. $200 for visiting .. that is daylight rubbery.
A wonderful tour of US history. A stunning gallery and thanks for bringing great and fun memories back to alive for me.
That Hall photo is magnificent …
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You had to pay $200 to see the bell? When were you visiting?
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No … it was outside on a square.$200 – I referred to your post about visiting the home of Franklin. Or did I read wrong ????
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No…I didn’t visit his home. Just his grave.
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But didn’t you write that it would have cost you $200 to vist his home. ??? Have I lost my marbles????
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No…I didn’t. You could look back at the post and see. 🙂
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Philadelphia looks pretty grand. That mosaic is beautiful! But I have to confess it was the cheese scone (biscuit as you know them) that lured me in. 🙂
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That was the best biscuit I’ve ever had…seriously!
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I’m a huge fan of cemeteries. At one point I was working on a coffee table book of photos of cemeteries. I got sidetracked. These are great shots of this one.
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That’s cool! Thanks Michelle…the lighting was good.
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Wonderful tour. How did you get around the city?
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I walked everywhere. I have holes in my boots now!
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Good exercise!
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🙂
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The blue shop front intrigues me – I would want to go look in 🙂
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Me too…but with only two days to explore…I had to keep movin’!
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What a pity.
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oops.. I meant “pennies”!
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Hi Dee. It’s for good luck and because of his motto, “A penny saved is a penny earned”.
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I never heard of the throwing of penies on Ben Franklin’s grave. Do you know why they do that?
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