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The closer you get to the NE coastal cities and the west coast cities the more covid restrictions there are. In the south/midwest/southwest its like covid left forever there are zero restrictions.
Philadelphia's city hall is indeed a truly beautiful and impressive building! It's actually the world's tallest building without internal steel support.
Hi! Insomnia cookies was founded in Philadelphia by college students and only delivered at the time it was a late night business for drunk and stoned people that were craving cookies ha ha
I have spent so much time on layovers in Philadelphia over the years with my job. I absolutely love walking around Reading Terminal Market. So glad you enjoyed your first sampling of food there. I love listening to your anecdotes of encounters with the locals. You guys crack me up!!❤️
Insomnia cookies are amazing. I got some as a sympathy package from my coworkers and now I send them out for sympathy packages as well. Much better than flowers 👍
Philadelphia has some of the most beautiful architecture in the United States, it also has fantastic food, and is famous for many things, including bagels and Philadelphia cream cheese. And so much more.
We also have the most corrupt politicians with trash everywhere outside of center city and lawlessness because the city DA will not prosecute a person of color just regardless of crime just because.
@@Jsd8675 If your going to troll at least find a more interesting topic to do it on. Philadelphia has/had a very strong Dutch diaspora, which is responsible for the quality of dairy in the area.
Glad to see you visiting my hometown, Philly, hope you enjoy your visit! Try some Philly signature food: Philly cheesesteaks, hoagies and soft pretzels.
You can't get a proper Philly soft pretzel any more. I can't remember the last time I saw some dude on a divider selling them out of a stolen grocery cart.
I am soooo glad you had a great first morning, makes my heart proud to be from the area! And it was fun watching you guys walk around places I go to regularly!! ❤️❤️❤️
Philly here.. My Dad was an Ironworker, a high rise builder and built the skyline of Philly. From early 80s all the way up to the Comcast buildings. I loved seeing them in your vlog, I've never seen it in this view before. Thank you. I miss my Dad ❤️
Reading Terminal (pronounced Red-ing) can definitely be overwhelming in the amount of choices! Love park used to have a really pretty fountain in front of the Love sign. There was a lot of controversy about the changes to the park that removed the fountain.
Watching your travel videos has made me realize that travel is only as good as the companionship 🤗 If only I could find a travel companion or two as pleasant and easygoing as you guys, I'd be touring the world forever!
My parents met where the LOVE sculpture stands in 1970. My dad (from a tiny town in North Carolina) was in the Navy, in port in Philly to have repairs done to the ship he was on. My mom was from Philly (K&A actually (before it was like it is now).. H Street to be exact). She saw him & picked him up. The rest was history. They moved back to his hometown when he got out of the Navy & is where I grew up & still live.
@@robynryan7473 haha.. I haven't been to K&A since 1995 when my grandfather died, but I see all the videos of the area online. So crazy what it's like now.
@@mermaid1717 you don't want to be. I avoid it like the plague and I live less then 30 mins from there. I make sure to take transportation fsr away from K&A. Or i may end up getting a plague
I keep expecting that area to improve as so many other areas have become incredibly expensive. The neighborhood has good infrastructure for a business district, transportation links and opportunity for development of affordable homes.
If you are in the mood, Dalessandro's Steaks are overlooked, I think because of location, but arguably the best cheesesteak in town. And they do have a chicken cheesesteak.
It's not easy to get to. Well, if they had more time they could have gone. They stayed in Center City. They didn't go to University City or Manayunk or Chestnut Hill.
lol the starbucks you went into in the beginning is the one i work at! i actually probably was there when u guys came in. we get british ppl all the time bc we’re near city hall
City Hall Dilworth Plaza has a water fountain feature during the warm months. It’s a great place, especially for kids to play and cool off. It’s a shame you missed all the trees. That view of the Parkway is only second to the view from the the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps.
Welcome to Philly! Be sure to swing by Chinatown, and the Philadelphia Art Museum, which are both must visits while in Center City. Besides the food, art, and music my hometown is best known for its history/ghost stories. If you want a really good ghost story to go along with your trip, Eastern State Penitentiary gives tours, or you could visit any of the historic graveyards. I grew up cutting through “The Woodlands” to get to school as a child.
I love that your job is just to wander around and have fun and ooh and ahh and chat and point and have little adventures and tidbits. You're like a couple of kids turned loose on the city! What fun.
You guys should have tried the cheesesteaks and hoagies! That's what Philly is famous for! And bagels and cream cheese and Tastykake!😋 Also should have went to Elfreth's Alley. That's where Dolly Madison and Betsy Ross lived and the British. Lots of history in my hometown!
Yes the Love statue there has a history of being a symbol of the hippie, anti War protests. Modern art, in terms of official city art, was still new and controversial back then. The hippie movement was new.
Loved this video. Sorry that you had to freeze. That was the coldest week. I live between Philly and the Amish. You two are so fun. Had to chuckle when Lia was asked, you talk different, do you use different money. What a hoot. Luv ya'll.
You have to come back in the summer!!! So much more to do!! Yeah the airport was empty cause it’s cold AF here in January 😆 Coordinate with the guys from Preston and Steve, they’ll help you hit all the best stuff to do, see and eat.
I used to eat lunch at Dilworth Park (outside City Hall) for years, as well as in LOVE Park. I just moved from Philly to Chicago, and I’ll miss all the fabulous parks downtown. They don’t look great in the winter, but it’s a lot of fun when it warms up. Glad you checked out Reading Terminal! Also, you’re right that we’re not friendly like Southerners, lol. Culturally very different.
I am enjoying this series because I grew up near Philly. I am wondering if you might not see the town at it's most jumping because of the covid surge. Also it's kind of a weekend place. It has large suburbs there and people drive in from the suburbs to go out. So it's most jumping on a weekend night. You all might be asleep by that time of the night.
Yes, between COVID and cold weather things have definitely been slow downtown. Though on some warmer days a TON of people are out and about especially on weekends.
I loved this video. I live in NJ, just a little over an hour from Philly, but I don't go in very often. And when I do, it's just to go to the museums. This video has made me want to walk around some of those really nice areas that you were in. And that sandwich croissant you were eating, Lia, looked like something I will have to try (:
Sadly the pandemic has taken a real toll on the center city area. Lots of empty store fronts these days after two years of low foot traffic. Hope it can recover.
Lia just remember US coins and money is basically metric. So you have a penny, nickel, dime, quarter. Yes there are dollar coins and half dollar ones but not used much. So three quarters is .75 cents. Seven dimes and one nickel is .75 cents. Very straight forward any combination would get you to .75 cents. With three quarters being the easiest.
The UK has also had metric coinage since the 1970s, so I'm not sure what the difficulty was. They do use a 20 pence coin (20 hundredths of a pound) instead of a quarter and their 50 pence coin is actually used in circulation, so she might have just been accustomed to using different combinations of coins.
Oooo, Reading Terminal. Makes me wanna go back to Philly. So many great meals and shows! I grew up about 40 minutes away in NJ. Thanks for the breakfast tour! 🙂
3:55 That's the Starbucks in the building my office is located in, but OMG you literally walked past Philly's best coffee house, Elixr on Walnut Street, oh well, next time 😊 Anyhow, the sad fact is Covid really hit the restaurant/service industry here in Philly, that's why you see so many places closed or with limited hours. Far too many good small family-owned restaurants have closed, including my favorite Indonesian place. We're recovering slowly, but alas much damage has been done. Hope you enjoyed your time here and yeah the LOVE statue is kind of underwhelming, those views around it are the real attraction though.
Love this! Hadn't seen your videos in my recs for so long and realized I wasn't subscribed. But very cool to see you in Philly. Hope you enjoyed your time here. Looking forward to seeing the rest.
Philadelphia in some ways looks like my old hometown of NYC. The architecture is almost the same as well as its buses and subway trains but New York City ended it last trolley line, the Queensborough Bridge line from Long Island City to 59th Street 2nd Ave trolley terminal. Long Island City is the neighborhood across the East River right next to the end of the bridge.
12:49 This happened to me in Japan at a convenience store. We were going home soon so I was trying to get rid of my coins (they use a lot of coins there). I was getting pretty good with the coins but the cashier saw me counting my handful and just gestured for me to dump them out on the counter where he just quickly counted them out. That was fine I guess but A. I wanted to do it myself and B he took the larger coins and I was trying to get rid of the smaller ones.
I live in Philly and trust me the summer time is flooded with tourist lol last time I went to the terminal i could barley get around it was so crowded I ended up not getting food from none of the stores in there. Philadelphians aren’t rude just straight forward which can come off as rude lol..my gf moved here from Ohio and thinks everyone is rude 😂 but it’s normal to me. She also thinks the buildings look really old but that’s bc they are ..this is a city that carry a lot of history
In the heyday of the railroads, Commodore Vanderbilt had a virtual monopoly on them and became the richest person in America. With so much money to spend, he wanted to leave his mark by building lavish rail stations in most of America's big cities. Even by today's standards, these stations are still considered artistic treasures. Sadly though, money to maintain the stations is becoming harder to come by and many are falling into disrepair.
No scrapple for breakfast?!?!?! I tried your black pudding and other odd foods when I was in Wolverhampton. I even forced myself to eat your bacon. TRY the scrapple. It’s a must!
Wow, that building where you got breakfast had so many different places in there you could eat at a new place each day. It's nice that it was indoors too because it was so cold outside. I remember seeing Sorted Food do some videos before of an outside market in London that had all sorts of food and fresh things to buy like veggies and cheese etc. If that is open in the summer that would be a cool video on the other channel to show all the cool stuff over there.
Great video, mates. Glad you enjoyed yourselves and you visited the best food destination in Philadelphia - Reading Terminal Market. Loved seeing your reaction to the place. It's definitely overwhelming to us locals, too. But a true gem for tourists and locals alike in Philly! You could spend all day in there. Cheers!
Philly is a great city to visit. Good food . Readington market is a good start . Make sure to get roast pork sandwich in addition to a cheesesteak. If you come across a pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich please try it for breakfast. Art museum is a must visit
Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry I missed seeing you guys. My job is 2 blocks down from the Reading Terminal Market. Oh and to answer your question, it is Reading (like redding). :) I can't wait to see more of your videos in Philly. :D ♥
Glad to hear that you had a good first morning there. 👍 That’s kind of disappointing that you weren’t able to sit inside the Starbucks, but at least the tea was good; I also love the English breakfast tea. terminal Market sounded really nice, I would’ve had a hard time deciding what to eat too though; it sounded like it had a lot of options. ☺️👏👍❤️
the Reading terminal market is a must see place to go. it will temp you to try everything but you cant. the different booths sell hot food like gumbo and crab and steak and veggie selections cheeses from local farmers, alcohol, candles made by the local Amish communitys, fruits candy herbs and spices asian favorites sweets and baked bread homemade ice cream ground coffee teas and vitamins. the crowds are serious during lunch and early afternoons so be patient.
I'm SO glad you went to Reading (Pronounced Redding) Terminal Market - That's where the trains from Reading PA came into Philadelphia. Other trains go to the 32nd Street Train Station (a beautiful building) or the Suburban Station (across the street from the Courthouse near the LOVE statue) I've only seen a few Philly vlogs so I'm hoping you made it to South Street. If not, you must go back in warmer weather after COVID restrictions are lifted. I loved seeing you in my old stomping grounds!
Joel doesn’t like modern art, so I recommend you visit the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Barnes Foundation has one of the world’s best collections of impressionist art, including 181 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 69 by Paul Cezanne, 59 by Henri Matisse, 46 by Pablo Picasso, 21 by Chaim Soutine, 18 by Henri Rousseau, 16 by Amedeo Modigliani, 11 by Edgar Degas, 11 by Giorgio de Chirico, 7 by Vincent van Gogh, and 6 by Georges Seurat. Other European and American masters in the collection include Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Paul Gaugin, El Greco, Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Jean Hugo, Claude Monet, Maurice Utrillo, William Glackens, Charles Demuth, Roger de La Fresnaye, Horace Pippin, Jules Pascin and Maurice Prendergast. The Barnes Foundation also holds a variety of African artworks; ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art; Native American works, American and European furniture, decorative arts and metalwork. The museum also holds several significant works by cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. If you want to hear the world’s largest functioning pipe organ, visit Macy’s Department Store at 13th and Juniper Streets in Center City, just east of City Hall. It’s the Wanamaker organ, formerly Wanamaker’s Department Store, and it has 28,750 pipes in 464 ranks. It’s played in recital, twice every business day, Monday through Saturday, the same as it has been since it was first publicly heard on June 22, 1911. This is a video of the Wanamaker organ playing Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, transcribed and played by head organist Peter Richard Conte. th-cam.com/video/dzLsx35UTI8/w-d-xo.html I also recommend you try Philly food like cheesesteaks, hoagies (Wawa, the local convenience store makes great hoagies), soft pretzels with mustard, and Tastykake. Tastykake has been in Philly since 1914 and is best known for their pies, cupcakes, mini-donuts and krimpets, especially their butterscotch frosted and coffee cake. Enjoy Philly, it's a wonderful city!
The creator of the Love Sculpture was Robert Indiana (1928-2018). He was born and raised in my hometown, New Castle, Indiana. I've always thought it so simple, but, hey, it made him a household name...
Wanted to hit the like button 10 times! Phila. is my home town and I haven’t been there in years so this was a big treat for me. Thinking of all my cousins who live there and the great food! Seeing your impressions is a delight!
Robert Indiana is the artist that created the Love sculpture. There's a copy of one in mid-town Manhattan, NYC. The Art Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana also has one.
As a Philadelphian, I found this charming honestly. Very cute. And as I will be visiting London, I know I'll just be as annoying of a tourtist as well haha.
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I went to Paneras Bread and really didnt like it. Idky.
You Brits are funny so where in UK you all from
Dying for y'all to come to DC
The closer you get to the NE coastal cities and the west coast cities the more covid restrictions there are. In the south/midwest/southwest its like covid left forever there are zero restrictions.
@@dl3g3nd45 ... Panera is a great place for lunch, half a sandwich and a cup of soup. What do you prefer McDonald's?
Philadelphia's city hall is indeed a truly beautiful and impressive building! It's actually the world's tallest building without internal steel support.
Also the architecture is French Second Empire.
I agree. A piece of art. The observatory underneath the statue of William Penn has great views of the city and the massive statue
They need to paint the top of the tower so it better match the base. Why wont they do that?
It was also the tallest building in the world at one point. It still is the largest masonry building
Nice to see you in one of the best and most historic cities in America.
You know the sandwich is really good when Lia's eyes are rolling back in her head 😄
Hi! Insomnia cookies was founded in Philadelphia by college students and only delivered at the time it was a late night business for drunk and stoned people that were craving cookies ha ha
I remember when the only one was located near drexel university campuses!
I must say train stations in older towns can be really cool to look around.
I grew up in Philadelphia. I love the city. I'm glad you finally had a chance to visit!
I'm from Philly thanks for coming
I have spent so much time on layovers in Philadelphia over the years with my job. I absolutely love walking around Reading Terminal Market. So glad you enjoyed your first sampling of food there. I love listening to your anecdotes of encounters with the locals. You guys crack me up!!❤️
Insomnia cookies are amazing. I got some as a sympathy package from my coworkers and now I send them out for sympathy packages as well. Much better than flowers 👍
Loved that you both enjoyed Reading Terminal. Can’t wait to see more of the Philly journey.
Philadelphia has some of the most beautiful architecture in the United States, it also has fantastic food, and is famous for many things, including bagels and Philadelphia cream cheese. And so much more.
I think the food is the only thing I like about being a Philadelphian
We also have the most corrupt politicians with trash everywhere outside of center city and lawlessness because the city DA will not prosecute a person of color just regardless of crime just because.
Philadelphia cream cheese has nothing to do with Philadelphia.
@@sylvesterwest5991 no it doesn't. I can use the word Mexican but it has nothing to do with Mexico. Nope.
@@Jsd8675 If your going to troll at least find a more interesting topic to do it on. Philadelphia has/had a very strong Dutch diaspora, which is responsible for the quality of dairy in the area.
I Love to First Impressions in Philadelphia and thank you, Joel and Lia 🇺🇲🇬🇧😍💕
Glad to see you visiting my hometown, Philly, hope you enjoy your visit! Try some Philly signature food: Philly cheesesteaks, hoagies and soft pretzels.
You can't get a proper Philly soft pretzel any more. I can't remember the last time I saw some dude on a divider selling them out of a stolen grocery cart.
@@MyNameIsBucket ah yes, with a light coating of car exhaust and handled by a guy exchanging money with every customer.
@@billmellater ... yum!
I am soooo glad you had a great first morning, makes my heart proud to be from the area! And it was fun watching you guys walk around places I go to regularly!! ❤️❤️❤️
Philly here.. My Dad was an Ironworker, a high rise builder and built the skyline of Philly. From early 80s all the way up to the Comcast buildings. I loved seeing them in your vlog, I've never seen it in this view before. Thank you. I miss my Dad ❤️
@Spring Is Coming 🇺🇸 Thank you!!! It was a family business, but most are all gone now 😔 It is an amazing feeling though.
A lot of movies are filmed in Philly it has beautiful architecture
Yes, when we saw the Sixth Sense we said, that place looks amazing... LOL mind you we already lived here. 😆😆
@@fdm2155 Now..THAT I agree on with you! :)
Reading Terminal (pronounced Red-ing) can definitely be overwhelming in the amount of choices! Love park used to have a really pretty fountain in front of the Love sign. There was a lot of controversy about the changes to the park that removed the fountain.
Watching your travel videos has made me realize that travel is only as good as the companionship 🤗 If only I could find a travel companion or two as pleasant and easygoing as you guys, I'd be touring the world forever!
My parents met where the LOVE sculpture stands in 1970. My dad (from a tiny town in North Carolina) was in the Navy, in port in Philly to have repairs done to the ship he was on. My mom was from Philly (K&A actually (before it was like it is now).. H Street to be exact). She saw him & picked him up. The rest was history. They moved back to his hometown when he got out of the Navy & is where I grew up & still live.
What a really sweet story, Thanks.
I'm a kenzo born and raised in the badlands is where I spent most of my days lol
@@robynryan7473 haha.. I haven't been to K&A since 1995 when my grandfather died, but I see all the videos of the area online. So crazy what it's like now.
@@mermaid1717 you don't want to be. I avoid it like the plague and I live less then 30 mins from there. I make sure to take transportation fsr away from K&A. Or i may end up getting a plague
I keep expecting that area to improve as so many other areas have become incredibly expensive. The neighborhood has good infrastructure for a business district, transportation links and opportunity for development of affordable homes.
Love that you visited PHILLLLLYYYY, the most wonderful place I ever lived.
I KNOW!
If you are in the mood, Dalessandro's Steaks are overlooked, I think because of location, but arguably the best cheesesteak in town. And they do have a chicken cheesesteak.
They're in my old neighborhood.
Chubbys across the street is better
@@rdj1227, I heard that Dalesandros went downhill after they were sold. I heard from many friends that still live in the area that Chubby's is better.
@@rksnj6797 indeed
It's not easy to get to. Well, if they had more time they could have gone. They stayed in Center City. They didn't go to University City or Manayunk or Chestnut Hill.
Lia congrats on your engagement.
I remember seeing Terminal Market in "National Treasure". It was cool seeing it from your perspective.
Reading Terminal was actually a train station.
@@yvonneplant9434 okay, if you say so. In the movie it looked more like a Market than a train station.
lol the starbucks you went into in the beginning is the one i work at! i actually probably was there when u guys came in. we get british ppl all the time bc we’re near city hall
Never go to the north during winter!!! Snow and cold! Visit the south in winter and north in the summer
Or California any time.
Wow I’ve never seen Reading Terminal that empty😳. You guys got lucky because that place is typical packed.
Philly has some of the best food in the states
You need to visit in the Spring when its nice and sunny and leaves/flowers are out!
Exactly we are not rude. We just ask questions with no filter and get to the point
City Hall Dilworth Plaza has a water fountain feature during the warm months. It’s a great place, especially for kids to play and cool off. It’s a shame you missed all the trees. That view of the Parkway is only second to the view from the the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps.
Interesting to see my city from an outsiders perspective 👍🏾
That part of Philly really does look like Manhattan, it’s very nice looking
Centre city Philly is a bit more comparable to downtown Brooklyn.
Welcome to Philly! Be sure to swing by Chinatown, and the Philadelphia Art Museum, which are both must visits while in Center City. Besides the food, art, and music my hometown is best known for its history/ghost stories. If you want a really good ghost story to go along with your trip, Eastern State Penitentiary gives tours, or you could visit any of the historic graveyards. I grew up cutting through “The Woodlands” to get to school as a child.
The hell with Chinatown 🤮🤮🤮
@@thegreatest3371 shut up
I love that your job is just to wander around and have fun and ooh and ahh and chat and point and have little adventures and tidbits. You're like a couple of kids turned loose on the city! What fun.
You guys should have tried the cheesesteaks and hoagies! That's what Philly is famous for! And bagels and cream cheese and Tastykake!😋 Also should have went to Elfreth's Alley. That's where Dolly Madison and Betsy Ross lived and the British. Lots of history in my hometown!
The city is a dump....and the murder rate...just unbelievable
Finding a great cheesesteak in Philly is the greatest debate of all time. Most people get it wrong
@@sallavacca6113 ForeFathers must be spinning in their graves.
@@sallavacca6113 oh please, people can find something before to say about everywhere. This isn't about that smh. Safe the sarcasm for another show
@@bagelj Just get a roast pork and call it a day.
😆their eyes were rolling back in their heads whilst eating delicious American food!
Come to New England in October the fall is amazing
You guys walked past a Starbucks to get to a Starbucks... 1:45 🤣
Yes the Love statue there has a history of being a symbol of the hippie, anti War protests. Modern art, in terms of official city art, was still new and controversial back then. The hippie movement was new.
Reading Terminal Market looks so cool. You guys have mastered the “swoon” over good food! I need to take lessons from you, haha!
RTM is pretty awesome, and the quality of food there is pretty high. Locals eat there too, it's not just a touristy place.
RTM is literally the best, so many different shops in one place! My grandpa goes there alot for pastries and his favorite sandwiches
Loved this video. Sorry that you had to freeze. That was the coldest week. I live between Philly and the Amish. You two are so fun. Had to chuckle when Lia was asked, you talk different, do you use different money. What a hoot. Luv ya'll.
Welcome to Philadelphia, and hope you both have a great time.
You have to come back in the summer!!! So much more to do!! Yeah the airport was empty cause it’s cold AF here in January 😆 Coordinate with the guys from Preston and Steve, they’ll help you hit all the best stuff to do, see and eat.
I used to eat lunch at Dilworth Park (outside City Hall) for years, as well as in LOVE Park. I just moved from Philly to Chicago, and I’ll miss all the fabulous parks downtown. They don’t look great in the winter, but it’s a lot of fun when it warms up. Glad you checked out Reading Terminal! Also, you’re right that we’re not friendly like Southerners, lol. Culturally very different.
Insomnia cookies was founded in Philly by a couple of university of Pennsylvania students
I am enjoying this series because I grew up near Philly. I am wondering if you might not see the town at it's most jumping because of the covid surge. Also it's kind of a weekend place. It has large suburbs there and people drive in from the suburbs to go out. So it's most jumping on a weekend night. You all might be asleep by that time of the night.
Yes, between COVID and cold weather things have definitely been slow downtown. Though on some warmer days a TON of people are out and about especially on weekends.
I loved this video. I live in NJ, just a little over an hour from Philly, but I don't go in very often. And when I do, it's just to go to the museums. This video has made me want to walk around some of those really nice areas that you were in. And that sandwich croissant you were eating, Lia, looked like something I will have to try (:
Cool to see they walking the same streets l walk every day
Having lived in Philly for 8 years, and having worked near where you started off the video, this was hilarious to me. That is a trendy part of town.
Sadly the pandemic has taken a real toll on the center city area. Lots of empty store fronts these days after two years of low foot traffic. Hope it can recover.
@@fdm2155 I left about 2 and a half years ago. Right before the world ended for a while.
Exciting to see you two at the Reading Market, I hope you get a Philly Cheesesteak!
If I had to get every meal for the rest of my life from Reading Market, I'd be perfectly happy with it.
YAAYY!! You walked down my street! Lived in a few different places and always come home to Philly.❤️❤️❤️
Lia just remember US coins and money is basically metric. So you have a penny, nickel, dime, quarter. Yes there are dollar coins and half dollar ones but not used much. So three quarters is .75 cents. Seven dimes and one nickel is .75 cents. Very straight forward any combination would get you to .75 cents. With three quarters being the easiest.
The UK has also had metric coinage since the 1970s, so I'm not sure what the difficulty was. They do use a 20 pence coin (20 hundredths of a pound) instead of a quarter and their 50 pence coin is actually used in circulation, so she might have just been accustomed to using different combinations of coins.
"Seven dimes and one nickel is .75 cents."
Umm ... 75 cents, or 0.75 dollars. Pick one.
Oooo, Reading Terminal. Makes me wanna go back to Philly. So many great meals and shows! I grew up about 40 minutes away in NJ. Thanks for the breakfast tour! 🙂
Hope you go to Independence Hall and the Constitution Center. Also see the Franklin Center and Public Library
3:55 That's the Starbucks in the building my office is located in, but OMG you literally walked past Philly's best coffee house, Elixr on Walnut Street, oh well, next time 😊
Anyhow, the sad fact is Covid really hit the restaurant/service industry here in Philly, that's why you see so many places closed or with limited hours. Far too many good small family-owned restaurants have closed, including my favorite Indonesian place. We're recovering slowly, but alas much damage has been done. Hope you enjoyed your time here and yeah the LOVE statue is kind of underwhelming, those views around it are the real attraction though.
I’m from Philly though I recently moved to New Hampshire !! You need to see New England as in Maine ,Vermont and New Hampshire
Love this! Hadn't seen your videos in my recs for so long and realized I wasn't subscribed. But very cool to see you in Philly. Hope you enjoyed your time here. Looking forward to seeing the rest.
Philadelphia in some ways looks like my old hometown of NYC. The architecture is almost the same as well as its buses and subway trains but New York City ended it last trolley line, the Queensborough Bridge line from Long Island City to 59th Street 2nd Ave trolley terminal. Long Island City is the neighborhood across the East River right next to the end of the bridge.
so many NYers moving to Philly now.
Last time I was there at Christmas time was 2019 and it was packed everywhere. Freezing cold but packed with people. It’s most likely due to Covid.
Welcome to the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. Hope y’all’s stay was filled with lots of fun.
12:49 This happened to me in Japan at a convenience store. We were going home soon so I was trying to get rid of my coins (they use a lot of coins there). I was getting pretty good with the coins but the cashier saw me counting my handful and just gestured for me to dump them out on the counter where he just quickly counted them out. That was fine I guess but A. I wanted to do it myself and B he took the larger coins and I was trying to get rid of the smaller ones.
The buildings are beautiful there
Welcome to Philadelphia!
It’s not new yorky, it’s Philly baby! One and only, get it right!🤪
Jaywalking is only TECHNICALLY illegal. It's pretty much never enforced, unless it causes an accident.
this is my city it’s so cool seeing ppl in it knowing i walk there everyday lol
PHILLY POWER!
Thanks for coming to the city hope u liked it we are lucky to have y'all God Bless Take Care lol
I live in Philly and trust me the summer time is flooded with tourist lol last time I went to the terminal i could barley get around it was so crowded I ended up not getting food from none of the stores in there. Philadelphians aren’t rude just straight forward which can come off as rude lol..my gf moved here from Ohio and thinks everyone is rude 😂 but it’s normal to me. She also thinks the buildings look really old but that’s bc they are ..this is a city that carry a lot of history
In the heyday of the railroads, Commodore Vanderbilt had a virtual monopoly on them and became the richest person in America. With so much money to spend, he wanted to leave his mark by building lavish rail stations in most of America's big cities. Even by today's standards, these stations are still considered artistic treasures. Sadly though, money to maintain the stations is becoming harder to come by and many are falling into disrepair.
No scrapple for breakfast?!?!?! I tried your black pudding and other odd foods when I was in Wolverhampton. I even forced myself to eat your bacon. TRY the scrapple. It’s a must!
Wow, that building where you got breakfast had so many different places in there you could eat at a new place each day. It's nice that it was indoors too because it was so cold outside. I remember seeing Sorted Food do some videos before of an outside market in London that had all sorts of food and fresh things to buy like veggies and cheese etc. If that is open in the summer that would be a cool video on the other channel to show all the cool stuff over there.
Great video, mates. Glad you enjoyed yourselves and you visited the best food destination in Philadelphia - Reading Terminal Market. Loved seeing your reaction to the place. It's definitely overwhelming to us locals, too. But a true gem for tourists and locals alike in Philly! You could spend all day in there. Cheers!
Joel and lia are so cool!! I wanna go to
Starbucks with them!! Greetings from New Jersey!!! Love u guys
Hey, you are in my home state. Welcome to the weather of Pennsylvania
Philly is a great city to visit. Good food . Readington market is a good start . Make sure to get roast pork sandwich in addition to a cheesesteak. If you come across a pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich please try it for breakfast. Art museum is a must visit
You do understand they filmed this last month and have been back home for some time? Too late for suggestions or recommendations for their trip.
That was hilarious with Lia eating the sandwich..
You two are such Foodies!!!!! Love your adventures! Thanks for bringing us along! 🤗
Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry I missed seeing you guys. My job is 2 blocks down from the Reading Terminal Market. Oh and to answer your question, it is Reading (like redding). :) I can't wait to see more of your videos in Philly. :D ♥
Awesome video! Come back in the summer, there are way more activities to do. And if you want to take a dip, the Jersey Shore is only an hour away.
😂😂🤣y’all had me rofl at the get go of the vlog with the “Jaywalking incident” 😂
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Glad to hear that you had a good first morning there. 👍 That’s kind of disappointing that you weren’t able to sit inside the Starbucks, but at least the tea was good; I also love the English breakfast tea. terminal Market sounded really nice, I would’ve had a hard time deciding what to eat too though; it sounded like it had a lot of options. ☺️👏👍❤️
the Reading terminal market is a must see place to go. it will temp you to try everything but you cant. the different booths sell hot food like gumbo and crab and steak and veggie selections cheeses from local farmers, alcohol, candles made by the local Amish communitys, fruits candy herbs and spices asian favorites sweets and baked bread homemade ice cream ground coffee teas and vitamins. the crowds are serious during lunch and early afternoons so be patient.
Sooo happy to see you beautiful, cool kids in my beautiful, cool city!
I'm SO glad you went to Reading (Pronounced Redding) Terminal Market - That's where the trains from Reading PA came into Philadelphia. Other trains go to the 32nd Street Train Station (a beautiful building) or the Suburban Station (across the street from the Courthouse near the LOVE statue) I've only seen a few Philly vlogs so I'm hoping you made it to South Street. If not, you must go back in warmer weather after COVID restrictions are lifted. I loved seeing you in my old stomping grounds!
Tall building is Philadelphia City Hall, once the tallest in the world before the Woolworth Building in New York (1911)
Great video guys and I've always said it 😀. So glad you enjoyed the trip. Take care stay safe 💕
You guys should have gone to Independence Hall in Old City. So much history there
Joel doesn’t like modern art, so I recommend you visit the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Barnes Foundation has one of the world’s best collections of impressionist art, including 181 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 69 by Paul Cezanne, 59 by Henri Matisse, 46 by Pablo Picasso, 21 by Chaim Soutine, 18 by Henri Rousseau, 16 by Amedeo Modigliani, 11 by Edgar Degas, 11 by Giorgio de Chirico, 7 by Vincent van Gogh, and 6 by Georges Seurat.
Other European and American masters in the collection include Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Paul Gaugin, El Greco, Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Jean Hugo, Claude Monet, Maurice Utrillo, William Glackens, Charles Demuth, Roger de La Fresnaye, Horace Pippin, Jules Pascin and Maurice Prendergast.
The Barnes Foundation also holds a variety of African artworks; ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art; Native American works, American and European furniture, decorative arts and metalwork. The museum also holds several significant works by cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz.
If you want to hear the world’s largest functioning pipe organ, visit Macy’s Department Store at 13th and Juniper Streets in Center City, just east of City Hall. It’s the Wanamaker organ, formerly Wanamaker’s Department Store, and it has 28,750 pipes in 464 ranks. It’s played in recital, twice every business day, Monday through Saturday, the same as it has been since it was first publicly heard on June 22, 1911.
This is a video of the Wanamaker organ playing Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, transcribed and played by head organist Peter Richard Conte. th-cam.com/video/dzLsx35UTI8/w-d-xo.html
I also recommend you try Philly food like cheesesteaks, hoagies (Wawa, the local convenience store makes great hoagies), soft pretzels with mustard, and Tastykake. Tastykake has been in Philly since 1914 and is best known for their pies, cupcakes, mini-donuts and krimpets, especially their butterscotch frosted and coffee cake. Enjoy Philly, it's a wonderful city!
The creator of the Love Sculpture was Robert Indiana (1928-2018). He was born and raised in my hometown, New Castle, Indiana. I've always thought it so simple, but, hey, it made him a household name...
Wanted to hit the like button 10 times! Phila. is my home town and I haven’t been there in years so this was a big treat for me. Thinking of all my cousins who live there and the great food! Seeing your impressions is a delight!
How hilarious you must have looked strolling across the street chatting and vlogging, carrying starbucks, in front of cars waiting at the light- 😆❤.
If you're going to spend some time in town, check out the Old City district, and also head over to South Street.
Robert Indiana is the artist that created the Love sculpture. There's a copy of one in mid-town Manhattan, NYC. The Art Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana also has one.
love this!
Welcome to Philly. Glad to have had you here. Lots of recommendations, but I think I clocked you saying this trip was in January…
Oh, yay! Welcome! Will you be visiting other parts of South East PA? Hope you enjoy your stay :))))) Love from Bucks County.
Great video, next time you are here I can show you some of our hidden Gems, parks and local spots 🙂
As a Philadelphian, I found this charming honestly. Very cute. And as I will be visiting London, I know I'll just be as annoying of a tourtist as well haha.