For breakfast we headed to the same IHOP that we went to on Sunday which was just 10 mins down the road.
The plan then was to head into Philadelphia again and visit the famous 'Rocky' steps and have a mooch around the city however Jill wasn't feeling well today unfortunately so after breakfast we drove back to the hotel and dropped her off so she could get some rest for the day.
Sam and I carried on with our planned activities however so we headed off into the city. Without my chief navigator I propped the phone up on the dash and embraced the challenge of reading the sat nav myself. Luckily the journey to the area was pretty straightforward but the directions to the car park were not. After driving round in a circle for a few minutes a luckily found the car park. It was very busy so we just had to jump in a space we could find.
We got out and walked around the perimeter path of the Philadelphia art museum. Saw some sights along the way including an ice cream truck with a very annoying jingle and a woman sunbathing on a patch of grass right by a busy main road.
Anyway we found the rocky steps. Sam took another amazingly funny video as I reeannacted the scene of Sylvester Stalone running up the steps and back down again.
From there we went to the Rocky statue just along from the steps and had our photo taken with it. There was a long queue but it went down pretty quick. Still lots of Wrestlemania fans in the area.
We were trying to find a way to get to the top of the steps via an accessible path but the only way seemed to be via the art museum which was closed. So after asking for directions we followed a path around the outside of it which brought us onto a building site. We had reached the top of the steps but were soon shouted at by some builders who told us to get out of the way.
We bumped into a nice family who had the same idea,and we were telling them about our trip. One of them was from the UK and was visiting family in Philadelphia.
As our parking allowance was about to expire Sam and I walked around the park behind the rocky steps before heading back to the car. Our next stop was the JFK plaza which gave great views of the city looking down Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Finding somewhere to park was highly stressful as I didn't know where I was going or where I might find parking. After 30mins of driving around, taking wrong turnings and getting tooted at we eventually found an underground car park right near where we wanted to be.
Parking wasn't cheap so we didn't stay here that long. However we still got to the plaza which was a very nice area,took a few photos and admired the scenery and architecture around us.
Before heading back to the car we phones Jill to see how she was as we wanted her to join us for dinner that evening. She was feeling a lot better now thankfully. So we decided to head back to the hotel and pick her up.
In the evening we headed back into the city to visit Mac's Tavern which is owned by Rob McElhenney and features on the Wrexham FC Disney+ documentary.
We had a lovely meal and drinks in there and had a lovely conversation with the bartender about our travels. They were so nice that they even replied to our Facebook post when we name dropped them. They said what amazing people we were and that they would pick up the tab for us on our next visit. Its just a shame that we are leaving Philly tomorrow.
To end the day we headed back to the hotel to chill out with another drink? Its our final travel day tomorrow as we head back towards Washington DC for a few days sightseeing.
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