Phillidelphia & NJ - 5 Jan

5 Jan - we caught a train to Pennsylvania. We say: the Liberty Bell; a reconstruction of the house Jefferson rented while he drafted the Declaration of Independence; the various halls used for Congress before Independence and the Federal buildings for the first 10 years of the US's history.
As symbols of American liberty, tourists are given more rigorous security checks. The only place we were tested more carefully was at Capitol House and flying out of the US.
Philadelphia is very proud of Benjamin Franklin. This is understandable, he was incredible. I recently read his biography. However, the claims were exaggerated. They claimed his soul never left Philadelphia. Well I think he enjoyed London and Paris and seriously considered settling down in both.
We rode on back to our friends in New Jersey.

6 Jan - shopping for tonight's meal, catching up with emails, and drafting this post.