Philadelphia

Hey hey hey everybody

I'll do this post in English; the reason for this is that last weekend we had the change to stay with a lovely couple called John and Christine. They’re friends of Leen’s parents. So its beer related:).

They live an hour away from Philadelphia. We arrived there Friday evening at their beautiful home and after getting a grand tour of the house we ate pizza (the best I’ve eaten in America since I’m here), drunk beer and shared all our stories.

The next morning we went to Philadelphia in John’s brand new car. A big and very powerful SUV (a V8). I think that if you use this car in Belgium you’ll spend a fortune on gaz. The car was really nice and it was cool to finally sit in a big car because normally if we drive our little Kia we always get passed by by those giant cars. But now we had POWER :).

John and Christine were so nice that they guided us around the entire city. We visited the liberty bell, the national constitution center, the independent hall,… and of course the ROCY stairs:). For lunch we went to a Belgium bar who served all kinds of Belgian beers. It’s called Monk’s.
By then another couple joined us, they were friends of John and Christine. Jason & Michelle, also really nice people, although Jason wasn’t the best in estimating how long we’ll have to walk (“JUST ONE MORE BLOCK”):), but he had an iphone so that made up for it :).
starting from the left (Michelle, Jason, John, Christine)
In the evening we went to a place where people hang out. It’s like the street in Ghent (“Overpoort”) but only bigger (No surprise, this is America). There we had the change to eat the typical cheese steak. It was really good and I even finished the other half of Leen (as she is such a big eater:) ). For dessert we tried water ice, it’s like a squishy from the Simpsons:). Luckily I didn’t get brain freeze. But by then we were a bit tired and headed home.

The next morning we set out for our quest in seeing Amish people.

I really want to thank John and Christine for their hospitality: guiding us around the city and letting us stay at their home. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! (in Dutch: heel erg bedankt!!).

Greetz