May 25, 2006
We left the hotel at 1000am. Our first stop was the US Coin Mint, which was located a block away from our hotel. No cameras were allowed in the building, so we took turns going in. I was particularly attracted to the section about the state quarters. I started collecting state quarters about 2 years ago. But it was that day at the Mint that I realized that they only released 5 states each year for a period of 10 years (1998-2008). No wonder I could never find the states that I am missing. They are not even released yet! Hehe.
After the Mint, we headed down to the Visitors Center to grab more brochures. We wanted to visit the Hersheys Town but we found out that it was 2 hours drive away. We had no transportation and hence we couldn't make it there =(
The walk around the Philadelphia town is like a walk around Malacca, a historical state in Malaysia. Malacca has its Fort A Famosa, Hang Tuah's grave, Portugese Square etc; while Philadelphia has its Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Ben Franklin's grave, Washington Square etc. The one thing that is significantly different is the security check. We had to go thru various stages of security checks when visiting the historical places in Philadelphia. Just the same amount of security we had to go thru at the airport.
After a walk through Philly's historical trail, we headed a few blocks south to South Street. South Street in Philadelphia is kinda like Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Lots of people and fashion. Kinda like Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Bukit Bintang I supposed? =)
At about 600pm, we headed up north to Chinatown. While waiting for Chris to come meet us for dinner, we found a Chinese dessert store and ate our first tau foo fah (beancurd) in the States. It was heavenly. At 700pm, we had dinner with Chris at Penang, the Malaysian Cuisine Restaurant, same restaurant we went to in Boston. We had a great time catching up and enjoying our home food. After dinner, we walked to the bus station and about our tickets to Washington DC. We headed back to the hotel right after that.
After the Mint, we headed down to the Visitors Center to grab more brochures. We wanted to visit the Hersheys Town but we found out that it was 2 hours drive away. We had no transportation and hence we couldn't make it there =(
The walk around the Philadelphia town is like a walk around Malacca, a historical state in Malaysia. Malacca has its Fort A Famosa, Hang Tuah's grave, Portugese Square etc; while Philadelphia has its Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Ben Franklin's grave, Washington Square etc. The one thing that is significantly different is the security check. We had to go thru various stages of security checks when visiting the historical places in Philadelphia. Just the same amount of security we had to go thru at the airport.
After a walk through Philly's historical trail, we headed a few blocks south to South Street. South Street in Philadelphia is kinda like Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Lots of people and fashion. Kinda like Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Bukit Bintang I supposed? =)
At about 600pm, we headed up north to Chinatown. While waiting for Chris to come meet us for dinner, we found a Chinese dessert store and ate our first tau foo fah (beancurd) in the States. It was heavenly. At 700pm, we had dinner with Chris at Penang, the Malaysian Cuisine Restaurant, same restaurant we went to in Boston. We had a great time catching up and enjoying our home food. After dinner, we walked to the bus station and about our tickets to Washington DC. We headed back to the hotel right after that.
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