It's always a nice change of pace to get to run in a different place. I got to run in Philly twice and Baltimore twice. Peter ran with me on my first run in Philly, and then since he was running twice as far as I was, when I got done he turned around and did it all over again.
We ate a lot of tasty food in Philadelphia, including this pizza that we had for lunch in the part of town called Italian Market. Yum, the Italian food there was so delicious.
After pizza we had Italian pastries for dessert. Why? Because of course after eating a pizza as large as that one we definitely needed dessert.
Peter and Jessa had Monday off work and went to a place called Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, which is essentially one man's massive mosaic project. It was fun and whimsical and really, who doesn't love mosaic?
We spent the Monday holiday walking and eating all around town. Here we are across from Peter's favorite downtown used bookstore.
Peter and Jessa had work on Tuesday so Brad and I showed ourselves around. We rode the double decker bus to get the lay of the land. We saw a lot of the areas where we had walked over the weekend, and thensome. Then after the bus we did a lot more walking around downtown.
I can't finish our trip to Philly without thanking Lola and Peaches, otherwise known as the hostesses with the mostesses. They gamely gave up their favorite parts of their house for our visit, until on our last night they finally decided to join the party.
You'll never guess what we had for dinner on our first night in Baltimore. Yep, we had crab! (Actually, it was crabcakes.) I ate a lot of crab on our visit and it was all delicious. This restaurant is in Mary and Andy's neighborhood.
We ate at a lot of restaurants in their neighborhood. You can kind of (though not really) see in this picture that the neighborhood is festively decorated. It's great for walking, as is Peter and Jessa's neighborhood.
Mary, Brad, and I spent a day in a town called St. Michael's on the eastern shore of Maryland. It's about 90 minutes from Baltimore. And very picturesque.
We took a water taxi across the harbor to have dinner in a part of town called Fell's Point.
Mary took me to Herring Run Park for one of my runs. She and Tikka played while I ran.
We walked down to the harbor a lot on this trip, as it's two blocks from Mary and Andy's house. This trip was to pick up sandwiches for lunch.
Mary (and Tikka) took us by her school. It's on the same street they live on, about a half mile away. She has a great commute.
Walk another half mile down the street and you get to Fort McHenry. If you don't remember your U.S. history, take a look at the name of Mary's school to get the hint as to what happened at Fort McHenry.
And before we knew it, it was time to come home. (If memory serves me right, this was the Ohio River near Louisville.) We had a great trip and all that was missing was John and Troy. But, we're excited to be having everybody here for Christmas and it'll be terrific to be together.
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