Had an early morning trip today pick up at Pershing Square at 6.45. Our tour guide Michael explained our route through the mad NY traffic under the Lincoln Tunnel out toward Philadelphia and on to the birth place of America. We went to Philadelphia the home of brotherly love to see where the beginning of America started. We saw Liberty bell, then went to Constitution hall where we saw the two houses,the house of the representatives and the senate upstairs. All th...

Then we set off for Lancaster County the home of the Amish. This was the main part of the tour as far as we were concerned. When we arrived we were met by Thomas who was to be our buggy driver. We were really lucky to be in the very front. We were able to have a really good chat with Thomas. He had 5 children the eldest that now ran the farm he had retired and did the buggy rides for fun. One of his sons is no longer Amish but he still lived on the farm and is...