KOOZA! Cirque Du Soleil in Philadelphia!

So, I have the luxury of driving to Philadelphia for the Cirque Du Soleil show. I started driving Friday night and got to the hotel about 11PM. We stayed right next to Chinatown and the Gallery (if anyone know what i'm talking about, you know i was staying at a ghetto hotel.) Below is a picture of South Street Entrance to Penn's Landing.

The next morning, we got up really early (about 11am. haha) and started marching towards Penn's Landing. Penn's Landing is actually named after William Penn (duh.) He was granted land from the English government, so him and other Quaker friends (from Friends of Society back in 1700s) came over and this is the location they landed. So, we were walking through Penn's landing and there was the Independence Seaport museum. We went in, and saw a lot of stuff about boats. They have an interactive boat section where you can climb into a boat, see what shape boat goes faster, etc., etc.

Anyway, we left the museum about 2PM and went to tour the boats (part of our admission.) There were the Olympia and the Becuna. Below is a picture of both ships. The Black submarine is the Becuna and the one next to it is the Olympia.

The Becuna was a submarine that first launched in 1944 and retired on 1969. The interior is uber cramp. Some of the space is not bigger than 12 inches wide and I'm not sure how they managed to maneuver around all the machinery and electrical stuff. They have slide in beds and stuff and some of the sailors sleep with the torpedos. Crazy stuff.

The Olympia which is much much bigger, was first launched in 1895. It retired as of 1922. It is a battleship (made famous by the game battleship.) And oh my goodness! It was beautiful! The sailors used to sleep in Hammocks!

Then we walked some more, through South street.. we got Rita's water ice and then we headed towards Avenue of Arts for Cirque du soleil. The Chapiteau was BLAZING HOT! they didn't open the doors until 10 to 4P. However, the SHOW WAS FREAKIN Amazing! It was about a boy's dream and a journey to search for happyness. The contortionists were UNBELIEVABLe!!! man... they're good! Below is a picture of the wizard that helped the boy along his path for happyness.

Then after the show, we went to Rittenhouse Square, then back to Chinatown for dinner.

The next day, we went into the Reading Terminal Market for brunch. Then we drove back to NYC. All in all, fun trip. It was definitely worth the heat, the drive, the EVERYTHING. It was a GRAND time!