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Yesterday felt like another history lesson. We had a short drive from Atlantic City to Philadelphia, around an hour-an-a-half, but we did have to pay around $8.00 in toll fees. My husband, at one point got so excited that he got off the Interstate too early, so as he was circling back to get on the highway again, he saw a sign indicating that a house was the birthplace of Edgar Allan Poe! Naturally, we had to take a photo, so he parked the car and got out. When he approached the sign, a police car just happend to turn the corner and stopped and rolled down his window to ask my husband what he was doing. My husband told the police officer what he was doing and the officer told him to do it quick and get the hell out of there. We left right away. This was our introduction to Philadelphia.

Our first stop was to the Liberty Bell, when I was a child, the Liberty Bell was out in the open, but now there was a security checkpoint. Next we had to eat a Philly cheesesteak sandwich. I had mine without onions and had them put on provolone cheese instead of that awful cheese wiz. Then it was time to find our accomodations. We booked a cheap hotel on this site: http://www.philadelphiacheaphotel.com, so we weren’t too sure what get as far as accommodation go, we lucked out, the hotel was centrally located and was really very nice.

After we checked-in, we went back out to find the Diamond Lounge Casino. The place was amazing in comparison to the one in Las Vegas; here they had wood-fired pizza, salads, hot entrees and a nice dessert bar, back in Vegas, all they have is chips and dip, cookies and nuts! We sat down to eat, and the couple sitting next to us figured that we were from out of town and began a conversation with us. They live here in Philly, so the gave us all kinds of information about what to do here. They were about to leave when they turn back around and invited us out to dinner! We took them us on their offer and met up with them later and continued our conversation over a great meal.

Tomorrow we head south to Hilton Head. We decided that if we meet another great couple there, then we’ll invite them to dinner!