For $208 a night, you can stay at the Warwick on Rittenhouse Square and have a very pleasant holiday. Just don't stray too far from your hotel! Take a taxi to the Liberty Bell just over a mile away.
... then at the corner of Eighth Street and Market only three blocks away take the # 47 bus to the Friendly Lounge Tavern at the corner of Washington Avenue for a drink, then walk over to the famed Italian Market and buy some chicken necks for dinner, or if you are not really into chicken necks, just stroll to the corner of Passyunk Avenue and 11th Street and have a famous but overpriced Philly cheesesteak. There's no need to explore the neighborhood, even though if you choose to and it's recommended, you can take a leisure walk to South Street to see how the young locals amuse themselves, then follow South Street all the way to the river and visit Penn's Landing. There's your pleasant Philly holiday, if nothing has changed since the last time I was there.
I appreciate the Philly tip. That said, I've never spent $200 a night for a hotel, even the nice, clean, and quite hotels I've stayed in with my wife in Paris, Salzburg, Barcelona, or Rome, European hotels where a huge breakfast buffet for two, plus parking was included for a little over $100, so I sure won't spend over twice that amount for a single night in Philadelphia.
As for the Liberty Bell, its crack ain't got nothin' on America's crackup. We need, now more than ever, a Responsibility Bell to go along with the Liberty Bell.
Americans go on and on about their Rights and Freedoms yet so often never give a moment's thought to their Responsibilities, like all these lost causes in the streets of Philly who threw whatever chance they had (and responsibility they owed themselves, their family, and society) at having a decent and productive life away.
If I spend $200 for a room, it better be for a week! I've never even spent $100 for a room per night.
In the US, I'd sleep on a bus or train. In Pasco, Washington, I slept inside a locked train station overnight. Ending his shift, the guard allowed me to do it. Every little sound in that huge hall spooked me out, but I got enough rest. I lay outside in New Orleans and San Antonio. In Savannah, I half dozed on a very smelly armchair inside the messy trailer of a couple I had just met. Maybe ten people were living without running water and electricity by a creek.
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I've never been to Philly, ain't going, no regrets.
Hi Martin,
For $208 a night, you can stay at the Warwick on Rittenhouse Square and have a very pleasant holiday. Just don't stray too far from your hotel! Take a taxi to the Liberty Bell just over a mile away.
Linh
... then at the corner of Eighth Street and Market only three blocks away take the # 47 bus to the Friendly Lounge Tavern at the corner of Washington Avenue for a drink, then walk over to the famed Italian Market and buy some chicken necks for dinner, or if you are not really into chicken necks, just stroll to the corner of Passyunk Avenue and 11th Street and have a famous but overpriced Philly cheesesteak. There's no need to explore the neighborhood, even though if you choose to and it's recommended, you can take a leisure walk to South Street to see how the young locals amuse themselves, then follow South Street all the way to the river and visit Penn's Landing. There's your pleasant Philly holiday, if nothing has changed since the last time I was there.
Hi Linh,
I appreciate the Philly tip. That said, I've never spent $200 a night for a hotel, even the nice, clean, and quite hotels I've stayed in with my wife in Paris, Salzburg, Barcelona, or Rome, European hotels where a huge breakfast buffet for two, plus parking was included for a little over $100, so I sure won't spend over twice that amount for a single night in Philadelphia.
As for the Liberty Bell, its crack ain't got nothin' on America's crackup. We need, now more than ever, a Responsibility Bell to go along with the Liberty Bell.
Americans go on and on about their Rights and Freedoms yet so often never give a moment's thought to their Responsibilities, like all these lost causes in the streets of Philly who threw whatever chance they had (and responsibility they owed themselves, their family, and society) at having a decent and productive life away.
Hi Martin,
If I spend $200 for a room, it better be for a week! I've never even spent $100 for a room per night.
In the US, I'd sleep on a bus or train. In Pasco, Washington, I slept inside a locked train station overnight. Ending his shift, the guard allowed me to do it. Every little sound in that huge hall spooked me out, but I got enough rest. I lay outside in New Orleans and San Antonio. In Savannah, I half dozed on a very smelly armchair inside the messy trailer of a couple I had just met. Maybe ten people were living without running water and electricity by a creek.
Linh
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