Second Stop: Philadelphia and Media, PA

After New York City, my next stop was to Philadelphia and Media, Pennsylvania.  In Media I got to visit my friends Jess Holmes (soon to be Borthwick) and Mark Borthwick.  They live in Media, a little down in the outskirts of Philadelphia, just a metro ride away from the downtown.

On one night in Media, Jess, Mark and I went to see the Rockaphillies in Media´s big park, which hosts five nights of arts in the parks every week during the summer (The Rockaphillies said that they didn´t know of any town that had more than that).  It was a nice venue nestled into a natural amphitheatre.  

My first day in Pennsylvania, Jess took me around to see the sights in Philadelphia.  We checked out Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell (only from the outside, because the line to get inside is very long, and you can see it just fine from outside) The Bridge to New Jersey and the rest of the downtown area.  My favourite part however, was the Once Upon a Nation storytellers.  There are 13 rounded benches throughout the city at important landmarks where you can find theatric storytellers who will share with you a story of something that happened in that part of the city.  We heard several stories during day, including one about a slave from the south who shipped himself in a box through the mail service to freedom in Philadelphia, a famous British Singer who fought her wealthy husband over the living conditions kept for his slaves in the South, The Signer and an explosive party in Philadelphia.