Philly

Day 18 - August 14th

We checked out of our hotel and went for breakfast at a cupcake/coffee shop in the hip-and-trendy Georgetown area of Washington, then drove over to Arlington Cemetery where we saw JFK's grave and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial. It's a huge cemetery with rows of white gravestones, very reminiscent of the second world war graveyards in northern France.

Our next stop was Philadelphia, which ended up taking a lot longer to reach than expected (partly due to an accident on the freeway and partly due to some idiotic instructions from the sat-nav) so by the time we'd arrived and checked into the B&B it was early evening.

We strolled into the historic downtown area where we were able to see the famous Liberty Bell and have a tour of the Independence Hall where the declaration of independence and the constitution were written and signed. After that we had dinner at a restaurant called Buddhakhan, which claimed to serve 'asian fusion' but wich seemed to me like it just sold Japanese food - that was fine though, we both like Japanese food. The most memorable feature of the restaurant was the 10ft high gold buddha statue (which somehow looked much classier than it sounds).