Philadelphia - USA, 4/10/1907 to 5/10/1907
The first day in Philadelphia arrived at 23:30 hours by bus to the Greyhound station . Already in the bus saw half the picture complicated, because it was full of blacks, as in Harlem, who really was afraid to sleep because of the possibility that you steal. Then to get to the station if we were not too far to be both Gaston and I with two suitcases, we had to take a taxi, after haggling the price because we wanted to turn the meter, like what happened in Bangkok . The taxi went into the Bank Street to let us in Hi Bank Street Hostel where we had booked online. When we got there, we wonder to Gaston, where do we come hell?, And seeing the environment of dark alleys, jars and containers with trash everywhere, and full of black people in the door of a room of naked women named "Club 27 ", think" We are in the oven. "
But after entering the hostel, we responded very well the receptionist and we were the shock for a moment, until we reached the men's room shared 20 beds, and there we padlocked suitcases and joined each other, and we went to sleep, because the next day we were going to take a terrible stick Philadelphia (over Tokyo), and that same night and we would go to Washington again.
The second day Philadelphia, after a decent breakfast included (only tea or coffee), we check out and left our bags at reception. We left early and went to visit the most important Philadelphia, the National Historical Park Independence . Known locally as the Independence Mall, the park of 18 hectares retaining structures associated with the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence that generated the birth of the new nation was signed in this area. Dominated by high brick tower of Independence Hall where was located the famous Liberty Bell, the park includes the oldest street in Philadelphia , the U.S. Mint (center coinage), and a number Museum of particular interest to explore the colonial past Philadelphia and their ethnic heritage. About 20 buildings are now open to the public here.
first thing we saw was the Liberty Bell with the phrase inscribed on it: "Proclaim Liberty THROUGHOUT all the land", the Liberty Bell was placed in the tower of Independence Hall when the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The great Liberty Bell was now placed in the new Liberty Bell Center in front of Independence Hall . It seems that in 1846 a small crack occurred and the bell could not ring more. However, it remains the best-known symbol of the colonial struggle for self government. This Centre provides an example which highlights the importance of the Liberty Bell to the history of independence of America. In my opinion, I was over the importance given to this campaign as a patriotic symbol.
Then we cross the street and went to the park's main attraction, which is where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, called Independence Hall. This simple brick building is the most important building in the National Historical Park Independence . Previously, he was designated as the home state of Pennsylvania, and is the site where it was drafted the Declaration of Independence, the document said the freedom of America to the British Empire.
The Independence Hall, completed in 1748, was designed by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton. And beside it there are also the Congress Hall and Old City Hall. The cameras in the meeting or conference rooms are simply furnished, as they were during the late seventeenth century. Today, the personnel in charge of the park recreates the story showing the Windsor-style chairs in the room where colonial leaders discussed the contents of the Declaration.
here told us the tour, which after the Continental Congress rejected two chapters in the first draft or draft (a reference to the small English village and a denunciation of the slave trade), The document was adopted without significant changes, and approved by Congress on July 4, 1776. The first Constitution of the United States was designed in the same room in 1787, the Constitutional Convention.
order to perform the guided tour of Independence Hall , we first had to go to the Visitors Center of Independence to get a free ticket.
From here we passed the Plaza Washington, which is one of the five-seater designed by the founder of Philadelphia , the Englishman William Penn. He had pryectado a central square where they were public buildings and the rest as green space.
In 1957 the town dedicated a memorial to the unknown soldiers of the American Revolution. Also here is up, the statue of the most famous American, George Washington . Here I liked a phrase saying: "Freedom is a light for which many men have died in the dark.
One block from here, passed by the U.S. Federal Building and then entered the National Constitution Center, a large museum on the history of Independence and the Constitution the United States.
There in front, entered the U.S. Mint of Philadelphia (center mint currencies), the oldest U.S. . This makes most Americans use coins every day and also produces gold medallions and national medals. The first U.S. coins , minted in 1793 were pennies and copper pennies media who tried to kick off local trade in the colonies. Today, 24 hours a day for 5 days a week, hundreds of machines and workers in a large estate, coins, counted, and packed million coins. Here in addition to the production area, we saw a museum with collections of valuable numismatic coins to commemorate different events.
Then we went through Chinatown, with its shops and restaurants, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, and arrived at the Reading Terminal Market . This market was built under a train shed, after two farmers markets were lifted to make room for a new terminal in 1892. Here was the market where people came from as far away as the coast of New Jersey to buy fresh Lancaster County production. The Reading Terminal Market had its decline with the passing of the years and was nearly destroyed in 1970. Today, however, it was restored and appreciate a nice atmosphere with vendors of fish, flowers, vegetables, Greek specialties, and places to have breakfast or lunch.
Then we went through the building of City Hall, and John F. Square Kennedy, that the center is a memorial to the 35th president of the United States , which is a water fountain dyed red, as if blood is spilled. If you look around at this place, you realize you're surrounded by black. In Philadelphia is amazing how many blacks there are far more than in other U.S. cities , and I think explained by the conciliatory role of this city in the Civil War between North and South America , and the struggle to abolish slavery.
From here we went to the museum district, where the Plaza Loan had a nice fountain and in front of the library was públicay Science Institute in honor of Benjamin Franklin. This memorial highlight a phrase that he said: "If you do not want to be forgotten, as soon as you die and you rot, then writes something worthwhile read, and do things worth writing."
continued walking and reached the Art Museum of Philadelphia . This museum was made known worldwide thanks to the movie Rocky Balboa, where he coached running the ascent of the stairs of the museum. The museum has 225,000 pieces of art, with collections that bring together some 2,000 years of creativity around the world. In the land where the museum was opened in 1929, had a reserve of water for households in Philadelphia , until in 1909 the city decided to close because their water was contaminated because of the coal mines. While admission was charged at the museum, here we slipped smoothly. But the most fun was to make a hilarious video doing the role of Rocky Balboa running up the stairs. I hung up that video on the internet and at the end of this spot you can see it to laugh a little.
In this video you can see a synopsis of the movie Rocky Balboa:
then finalized and rides Philadelphia, we crossed the main street called Market St. from 22 ° to 7 °, to its business district with tall skyscrapers, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange until to Bank Street. Lunch at 18:30 pm at the Bank Street Hostel Hi and then we took a taxi to the Greyhound station to return by bus to Washington .
see all the photos and video of Rocky in Philadelphia - Usa:
http://picasaweb.google.es/viajaconhenry/FILADELFIA
http://www.youtube.com/v/i9DtONmh8JA&hl=en
big hug from Philadelphia,
Henry.
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