PHILADELPHIA with Betsy

I spent the whole day in Philly. I got there by train (as you can se in the first pic). I went to the Visitors Center where I met later con Betsy.

She introduced me to the city ... and this time, yes this time I knew the city and  I loved Philly.

When you travel usually you feel like a tourist, because you are a strnage in the city. But when a good friend, like Betsy, is showing you the city.. you feel like if you were one more in the city, o perhaps, better said, like if you were a guest, a guest more among thousands, but a guest...

We began visiting the Benjamin Franklin press. We saw how they pressed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776. (In 3 weeks I hope see the great parade and the fireworks)

 Then we walked along Market Street and Betsy found a cozy and authentic Philly bar to taste a famous Philly Cheesteak. Sonny's Famous Steak.

So we took seat outside and Betsy wanted me to order the lunch, so I went into the bar. I order:

- What's up?. Can I get an cheesteak with mushrooms, onions, split in two parts and shoestrings fries, one nestea and a water bottle....

and I got them. But the bar tender asked me: Where do you come from?

Please, wactch the pictures and you can ses the machine that they use to cut the meat very very thin.

It was so juicy and so pretty delicious ¡¡¡¡¡ Yummm¡¡¡¡

Then Betsy guided me to a very old and famous candys shop. It was close for cleaning and redo the shop after more than 100 years open .. so we had an icecream in other original shop.
 See the cash machine in the pics.

After that we walked around the river, the historical, the Independece Hall, Carpenter Hall, etc... all the places where during June and July of 1776, the 13 american colonies decided to declare the Independence from their Mother Country.
Thank you Betsy ¡¡¡¡¡

Some of the pictures (the night pictures) I took on monday when I wwas in Philly again to attend an English
meeting from 8 to 10 PM.