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Philly

Last day of riding… Rode into Philadelphia without any major issues – was a bit concerned beforehand about the traffic, but it wasn’t so bad and it turned out that Philadelphia seems to be quite a bicycle-friendly city. There’s a lot of people on bikes, and it seems that more than half of them are riding on singlespeeds or fixed gear bicycles.

Anyway, got to the hotel without problems and my case (for the bike) was already there, so tonight I’ll disassemble the bike and pack it up. So the weekend’s exercising will have to be walking and running…

I’m finishing the trip in style – I am staying at the Crowne Plaza and being such a valued customer I have access to the Priority Club lounge with complimentary breakfast in the mornings and free drinks in the evening. Plus I got a gift bag full of various sweets and some Perrier. I think I’ll be OK the last couple of days in the US…

Don’t know yet what I will do in Philadelphia – have nothing planned except seeing a friend during the weekend – but there seems to be plenty of stuff to do so I am sure I’ll not go restless. I probably will not write for a couple of days now, but I’ll sum the trip up once I get back home.

If you want to see the route I took in to Philly, click here.

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3 Responses to “Philly”

  1. Albert Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Torkel,

    I’m catching up with what you’ve written the past 10+ days… only to realise it’s over now. Despite your half-way change of plans, the whole project was courageous, and for that you should be saluted. And you turned this blog into a small tourist guide for North-Eastern U.S. ;) Happy to see you survived the chocolate factory.

    Looking forward to your future ramblings. /Albert

  2. Jason & Co. (From Finland) Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Agreeing with all that Albert said. Well done!
    “City of Brotherly Love” (from Greek: ??????????? ;-)
    is not a bad place to end a journey. Or to start a new one.

    So when will you be “back”? Feta Salad is getting cold! :-)
    Take care & again props for undertaking such an undertaking!
    See you soon!

  3. Jason & Co. (From Finland) Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    arrgh.. copypaste got me again. the ???? bit was just referring to some Greek copypasted from wikipedia.
    ps. Did you know that Philly flag is blue-yellow?
    Destined Destination for a Swede?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania

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