This year the Wendy's convention was located in Philadelphia! It is almost always in Las Vegas, so when I heard of a different location I wanted to go! We planned the trip so we could stay in town for the Emotion Bowl on Friday and then be back in town for Braeden and Carson's football games on Wednesday night! It was a success we didn't miss any of the kids activities this time!!! First stop: New York, oh man I love that town. It is such a fun place to visit. We were there for 27 hours and managed to fit in:
*Taxi ride from airport to hotel
*Walked 6 blocks of Farmers Market trying all kinds of food, gyro, fried ice cream,
fried oreo, burrito and a mozzarella cheese patty thing
*American Girl store for the girls
*Saw Rockefeller Center
*Saw Mary Poppins on Broadway
*Road on the subway
*Visited the 9/11 Memorial
*Went shopping for the boys
*Saw Wicked on Broadway
*Ate at Chipolte
*Sat on the bleachers at Times Square to people watch
*Went to Madison Square Garden to catch the Amtrak train to Philadelphia
It was sooooo fun. The two broadway shows were amazing as always. The kids in Mary Poppins did so good and the stage props were unbelievable. Wicked, I can't say enough about Wicked. That show was jaw dropping fabulous. I have to take my kids back. We stayed at the Marriott Marquis. Which in this first picture is the building with the Kodak adds on it. So we were right on Times Square. It was so cool. We were on floor 34. The 9/11 Memorial was so peaceful and an amazing sight. The whole 27 hours was just a blast. I am already looking forward to my next trip back!
Next stop Philadelphia! We road the amtrak right from downtown to Philly then hopped on another train that took us right to the Convention Center which was connected to the Marriott we stayed at. We didn't go outside once and was in our hotel room! Pretty slick.
We had two days in Philadelphia:
*Convention Meetings
*Visited Love Park
*Hard Rock Cafe
*Took a bus tour around the city
*Liberty Bell
*Independence Hall
*Betsy Ross House
*Ate ate "The Market" downtown
(about a hundred different vendors to choose from)
*Climbed the "Rocky" steps
*Ate a Philly Cheese Steak at Sonny's
*Walked up and down the streets
Philadelphia is definitely a Government run city. Everything closes at 5:00, it is dirty and the homeless are everywhere. There is a lot of American History but is not my favorite place to visit and don't plan to return anytime soon!
The kids did so good while we were gone! It was so fun to come home to a decorated house and kids so excited to see us. They always look forward to all the Souvenirs we bring home to them. I can't wait to take them back with us, I love all the different American experiences we get to experience in the good old United States of America!!! A special thanks to Todd and Rob for letting me tag along! Thanks to Wendy's for a different location and thanks to Classic Foods for providing!
