Philadelphia Museum of Art. Outside stands a statue of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky. The seventy two steps that lead up to the museum, became known as The Rocky Steps after they appeared in the first film, with our hero running up them as part of his workout. They've made cameo appearances in some of the sequels too.
Philadelphia is a mighty pretty place. After an amazing breakfast at our Days Inn motel, we decided to stop off in the town that boasts the Springsteen song named after it, held the American side of Live Aid in 1985 and even has a Magazine song and a soft cheese spread named after it.
We called into the Rodin Museum, put together by a private collector who had something of an obsession for the man's work. The entrance is graced with the presence of The Thinker, this one being the largest version of this very famous work. We saw a smaller one in Washington and apparently there are some sixty casts of this one elsewhere.
Lunch, an amazing table full of humous, falafel, shawarma, lightly spiced, fresh cut fries, chess and black Turkish coffee. Lovely stuff.
We left this cozy cafe, situated at the start of South Street, think Greenwich village with bits of Camden, braving the icy conditions to explore it's many interesting shops and boutiques.
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