bigheadburton wrote:Hey, everyone thanks for all the great tips. Now I have started my trip and will arrive in Philadelphia tomorrow. I definitely know where to eat cheese steaks (Dalessandro’s, Cosmi’s deli or Jim's on south street) and go for a beer or two after all of your good advice. My timing turned out to be perfect with the Butler trade, attending his first game at home should be a fun experience.
On my list of sights to see I have Museum of Art, Franklin Institute, Constitution Center, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Carpenters Hall, Battleship New Jersey, Eastern State Penitentiary and the Masonic temple.
If I have time over I might go to Valley Forge, is it worth a visit? Or maybe take a walk in Wissahickon Valley Park.
Since I stay in CC I will mostly walk around and see where my feet take me, Olde city, Chinatown, Reading market, Italian market etc. Should be able to find a lot of other interesting stuff as well.
Thanksgiving parade, yay or nay?
I thought Valley Forge was just OK. You'll get to see the house where Washington hung out (from the outside), and some recreated wooden cabins, and not a lot else. Its a nice walk through some rolling hills though if that's your thing. Compared to other sites like Gettysburg its lacking in my opinion.
As far as the parade, its a pretty big deal if you're into that sort of thing. I could care less about parades so I'd never go but if you like marching bands and floats it wont disappoint.
If you like art, you should absolutely try to hit up the Barnes Foundation. One of the best private collections of art in the world: Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Van Gogh etc.
https://www.barnesfoundation.org