'In west Philadelphia born n raised...in the play ground I spent most of ma days'........ hahahahahaha You don't no how many times I've sang that whole song to myself :-) WOW!!!! What am absolute brilliant place, I was so tempted to go straight to Washington, but am so glad I chose to come, its lovely here, absolutely lovely. Well let me go back a couple of days to when I first wrote...well some people aren't going to like this (mum for sure....) but let me just say mum I didn't like it either..... I spent Monday night in a lovely hotel called....New York Train Station and my room was lovely.... I had the hard floor suit :-) hahaha. Ouch!!!! Total lack of planning meant a ruff night in the station, but the last one I promise, I've booked up the next four days so it doesn't happen any time soon, so no more stiff backs in the morning for me :-) hahahaha An experience though...n I guess that's what I've come for :-) (work with me here.....) To treat myself and over come the ordeal :-) I decided to move on and upgrade to the train instead of taking the bus. Philly was the nearest place so Philly I went. The ride down here was nice, seen proper little American houses with the veranda's on like the movies, made me laff. Nearly missed my stop though cus I fell asleep..... (haha. Probably should stop putting all these little negative things otherwise my mum will have me deported back :-)) Anyway because of my ordeal the previous night I treated myself to a nice place to stay, a three course meal n a good night sleep :-) Well worth attending the 'down n out' sleepover Hahaha Oh I've had a blast, as I was saying Philly is LUSH. Lots of little shops n restaurants everywhere. I've spent a fortune already so need to chill out, There's so much culture here n stuff been... - Independence hall - Second bank of United States - Independence seaport museum - City hall - LOVE park - Franklin square - Washington square And think am gonna head to the zoo later :-) as ya do..... You'll have to look em up on the net so I don't have to write about them :-) (Only got n hour... soz) Got lots of pics though, am trying really hard to get em on here so bear with me on that one... Off to Washington tomorrow, looking forward to that.... Ermmmmm......I think that's it for now. I'll let you know how Washington is when I get there. Love you all lots n speak soon. MWAH