We started the day with breakfast at the Reading Terminal
Market followed by a tour of the Market which was fun. This market has been in place for 114 years
and it is huge. Our tour guide had
written several books about cooking so she was very informative about the foods
at the market.
Then we quickly hopped a bus to get to our next tour
called Real Philadelphia Tour. This tour
was all about seeing Philadelphia from outside the historical sites. We just happened to have the same guide as we
did yesterday and that was nice as she spoke loudly and walked at a good pace. Even though we walked 6.68 miles, it was a
fun tour and it took 4 ½ hours.
One of the neat things that we went to was the home of
one of the first major surgeons, De. Philip Physick, who is called the father
of American Surgery. His house was open
and in it they had a lot of the instruments that he designed in the early 1800’s.
For lunch, we stopped in the 9th street
Italian Market and the people in the tour were on their own to find a place for
lunch. We ate in a place called Paisano
and had a Paisano sandwich which was beef brisket, mayo with horseradish sauce, sharp provolone, pepperincino roasted tomatoes and a cooked egg all served on a wonderful Italian roll. Then it was time to go back on the tour and
we sure walked off the food!
After the ship tour we took the ferry back over to the Philadelphia
and walked to the ship Moshula for dinner.
The ship is a 4 star restaurant on a 4-masked sailing
ship. What a great dinner we had. Barb had a crab cake along with lobster mac
and cheese as a veggie. Ed had a huge
shrimp cocktail and then a 9oz filet that was extremely good. After dinner, we went to the top deck to
watch the fireworks – what fun and a lot less walking then yesterday! The fireworks were much better than last night. New Jersey fireworks beat out Phillys!!
After the fireworks, we took a cab back to the
hotel. We were amazed in that the cab
driver told us to take $5 off the total bill because he took a wrong turn. We knew it, but couldn’t say anything because
we weren’t sure, but he surprised us that he admitted it and gave us the
discount. That type of thing makes a
person really believe in people and general honesty.
Night from Philadelphia – tomorrow New York.
According to FORDORS one of the top 20 dessert stands in the US
The Italian Market - 6 blocks long on both sides
Lunch
Our ship for dinner
Our shrimp cocktail
Barb's crab cake
Ed's 9oz filet
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