12th November
My three and a half hour bus journey to Philadelphia took an extra 2 hours when the bus was late and then the windscreen wiper kept falling off mid interstate. This was quite a problem due to the fact that its been raining pretty much non stop for the past 2 days a fact I have neglected to tell you as I am in denial that my summer is well and truly over and that my tan is already falling off.
Philly was really cold as well and I’m not really equipped for this weather, particularly as my right trainer has a hole in it which means its constantly filling up with
water and leaving me with soggy feet. Not nice! Anyway I braved the cold and went to see the Liberty Bell which some boast is the ‘best bell in the world’. Well I had a little giggle at this firstly because who keeps a league table of bells, secondly because it’s actually really small and thirdly because its got a crack in it so it doesn’t even work – technically does that even mean its bell anymore? My laughing was met with some dirty looks probably because I was on my own and looked like a weirdo but most likely because it’s an iconic part of US history back to when Philadelphia was the capital of America.
After that I managed to bare the cold enough to go get my tea, a subway sandwich (my healthy snack of the week) followed by a dunkin’ doughnut (not so healthy). At Subway I asked for a 6 inch sandwich to which they said ‘it’s only a dollar more for a footlong’ so I said ‘why not’. At Dunkin’ Doughnuts I asked for 2 doughnuts to which they said ‘it’s only a dollar for 6’ to which I said ‘why not’. I think this adequately illustrates why there are obesity problems in America but also that whilst people might be overweight boy do they get their moneys worth!
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