Philadelphia to Washington

Last night, whilst I was having dinner at Bank & Bourbon, when an informal band of drummers set up on the street corner together with a small dance troupe and entertained everybody for a few minutes.  Apparently, this group just wander about the city center (although locals refer to it as Center City!) on summer evenings, doing this.  They were quite good - and then they moved on.

The hotel was really good - proper breakfasts, and just two blocks away from the metro.  It's an awful lot cleaner than when I visited last time and the service back to City Hall after the ballgame is very efficient.  I have a new smartcard for my collection: a Septa Key card.

Today is a travel day, moving southwest to Washington DC, by train.

My train left at 12.34pm and will take just under two hours to get to Washington today.  Whilst waiting for it to arrive, a train arrived on the adjacent track that was heading to Miami in Florida.  It was due to arrive there at 5pm.  Tomorrow!

It's a scenic ride through Pennsylvania, then Delaware, Maryland and finally into the District of Columbia.  From time to time, the railway passes along the coast and next to large lakes - being a national holiday today and warm and sunny weather, there are lots of people out on the water enjoying the end of their summer break.