Tag Archives: Chinatown

On the Big Bus tour of Philadelphia

A Day in Philadelphia: Chinatown and a Big-Bus Sightseeing Tour

Last summer I decided to take the double-decker Hop-Off-Hop-On-Big Bus tour of Philadelphia that highlights the important sights and locales of this historic city. I had never taken this tour before and it was on my ‘bucket list’. I also had a sudden craving for sweet, juicy, tropical fruits, something exotic, something different. Why not visit Chinatown while I was in Philadelphia where there are several good grocery stores? I may just find what I was looking for. And after that, I would stop for a delicious lunch. This would be a great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, as the saying goes. So, one fine sunny morning I set out.

The Chinatown Arch, Philadelphia.
The Chinatown Friendship Gate, Philadelphia.
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With Signers in Signers' Hall

My Educational Trip to the National Constitution Center and Elfreth’s Alley, Philadelphia.

It was mid-March, 2022. Winter was drawing to a close and spring was in the air, the days brighter and warmer. I was restive from being cooped up too long. Cabin fever can sometimes get to me. So I decided to use an unusually warm day for a trip to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. I had missed seeing it during my trip last year to Independence Hall and I was raring to make up.

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