Philly!

We've left NYC! Undertaken the first greyhound journey, which was lovely. It was only 2 hours, but we fancy we can hack longer journeys (which is handy seeing as we have too!) A bit of overnight sleeping action will also save us a nights accomodation. It's worth mentioning on the budget front that the price of accomodation has shocked us, so to retort we are living of $5 a day for food... surprisingly well! Also worth mentioning is how easy it is to wash clothes. You simply go for a shower still wearing them!! We've just arrived at our philly hostel. We had to take a bus through one of the dodgyest neighboorhoods I have ever seen but thankfully it was a loopy route and we've ended up in a palace in the middle of Fairmount park. Seriously, it's like an old stately home with pianos and paintings, a harp, creaky floorboards and a uber cool porch on the front where we have just been sitting and hatching master plans for the next month. All it needs is a rocking chair out there. The walk into town from here is about 6 miles, all through the park and by the river, we're going to do it tomos morning.