Philadelphia: This city bleeds history

In Philadelphia, and strangely enough the city is not entirely crafted out of cream cheese. This is the city that founded America, and it's strange how damned proud the locals are of their past. There really is a sense of self-righteousness here, the whole Manifest Destiny thing, that they were placed in this land by God, and fuck the rest of the world.

Plus it's blisteringly cold. Not as cold as Minneapolis (-11°F before windchill), but I'm just feeling it worse here.

Fantastic Museums though. A bit heavy on the American colonial stuff, but some great sculptures.

Pictures!

The stairs Rocky ran up! And those are fucking HUGE columns in the distance.

George Washington on a horse

The Thinker, in front of the Rodin museum. The stuff in there was entrancing.

The NZ flag on a street lined with the flags of many nations.

Giant Ass Star Wars exhibit and the Ben Franklin Institute. Yes, I'm a geek. You're surprised?

A Gyro from a street vender. Bad lamb, tzatziki, lettuce and tomato on some pita. Decidedly underwhelming, but I was starving and cold.

A statue of Raptors outside the Natural History Museum. Dinosaurs are just kinda cool.

Finally, just for Chris, a comic book shop. On the sidewalk. In the snow, rain and frozen rain. I don't know what the deal was, but that's pretty hardcore.