Exploring Philadelphia (5/27/2022)

    With our time in Rhode Island quickly coming to an end we decided to do

a little four-day weekend getaway.  It was a no brainer on where we were going.

Philadelphia had so much to offer so we loaded up and headed off.

After a quick 264 miles we arrived at our hotel. The Philadelphia Marriott Old City

has a location that could not be beat and the service was amazing. After checking in and dropping off the car and luggage we headed out on foot. 

 

Our first stop was The Academy of Natural Sciences 

because it had dinosaurs! The older two still enjoy them and the youngest thinks they are amazing.

Theses two guys had no clue we could see them from the outside. We all were laughing so hard

watching them duck and hide from the dinosaurs. 

If you ask his what he wants to do when he grows up the most honest 

answer is paleontologist, but we are slowly exploring more marketable options.

After spending a few hours exploring we then headed out to the most famous place Philadelphia,

The Rocky Steps.

We love the movies and could not miss the chance to run the steps.

We took a few pictures around the area. 

It even had a sign of our future to come!

But as quickly as we ran the stairs the weather changed.

We walked, okay ran, to find lunch somewhere indoors

While eating dinner and watching the rain pour down, we had to change our plans.

Doing anything outdoors was out of the question.

We took an Uber to Philadelphia Museum of Illusion. We had visited something very similar in Edinburgh, Scotland and we had a blast, and this one did not disappoint. 

All the kids got in on the action and had a great time.

By the time we had finished, so had the rain, so we headed back to the hotel.

Next to our hotel was the Philadelphia Korean War Memorial, so we took the opportunity 

to get a brief history lesson. With Korea being our home for the next

 few years, it was nice for the kids to start learning some history 

about the country and the sacrifices that were made. 

With that we called it a night. We had a long day and tomorrow was going to be jam packed.

Other than the rainstorm our weekend in Philadelphia was off to a great start.

The Hills are Alive

We started our day with The Sound of Music bus tour.

 The first stop was the lake where the boat tipped over!

 The Diva loves tours! She doesn't

walk with us, but is behind the tour guide

taking eveything in.

 Then we headed what might be the most famous gazebo

in the world!

 We could only take pictures 

from the outside, but still had a lot of fun.

  Then we were back on the bus heading to our next stop.

The view was amazing!

I took these photos while the bus was moving, feeding the baby

 and yet they are still breathtaking.

 Our next stop was in Mondess to

visit St. Michael's Church.

It was where the wedding was filmed.

 It was a beautiful church!

 This little guy was having a little

to much fun inside the church!

He loved the echo of his voice.

I love watching them with Sweet Boy!

It is clear they both have a very different relationship

with him.

Both of them think he is amazing.

  We're back in the bus again and heading to 

Mirabell Gardens.

 Our tour guide was flippin hysterical

and really made the trip.

 The Do-Re-Mi steps from the movie!

 Yes, we put the baby in a pot!

 It made a really cute photo!

The tour was done and we explored Salzburg (2016)

a little bit more.

We had planned to spend the next day shopping

before we heading home, but the weather

had other plans!

It was pouring down rain the next day 

so we packed up the car and headed home.

Salzburg is very beautiful and we had a ton of fun!