Our day in Philadelphia

Today we went in the city on a tour bus and saw some of the sites in Philadelphia. We saw statues of Benjamin Franklin & George Washington. The statue of George washington used to be of somebody else, but they chopped off his head and put on the head of George Washington. We saw the mint and learned that money with a P was made in Philadelphis. We went up the Rocky steps. John took a picture for some tourists. We also learned that Betsy Ross did not design the American flag. It was very educational. We also took a city bus to Franklin Elementry School. At first we got lost, but then we found the right bus to the school. We actually got to take a tour of school and got to meet Matt Z's cousin Kelly. Students at that school speak twenty different languages! We went to Gigi's and ate Philly steak and chees sandwiches, except for Cory who ate his 15th burger.

We had dinner at the hotel, where Cory had his 16th burger!

Matt was at an appointment all day, but will see Philly tomorrow. More touring and burgers to come.

John, Cory, Matt Z, Alex, Gail and Mary Pat

We Have Arrived in Philly!

Somehow our 12 hour drive became 15 hours, but we are at last here in the City of Brotherly Love! Traveled through seven states and the District of Columbia in one day! More tomorrow - must sleep!!!

Touring Savannah

We went on a tour of Savannah today on a free bus. We also got to take a Farry boat. we also went and saw were Forest Gump was filmed. We also took lots of pictures of use near the some of the famous statues. We also had lunch at a restaurant called One Eyed Lizzies. We also saw a movie on Savannah and walked through a mesume.

From Gail and Mary Pat

Things we overheard on this trip...

"Random acts of kindness kinda creep me out"

"This blind leading the blind don't work too well." (From Alex when he and Matt almost walked into the ladies room.)

"MOMMMMMM" (in an exasperated tone)

"Life is like a box of chocolates." (We have the pictures to prove it.)

"I am not allowed to tell you anything" (from the free shuttle bus driver as he showed us the sights of Savannah.)

Great trip so far!!!!!!

Our Day in Savannah

We went to the information center and went into the museum. We also watched a movie on Savannah. We then got on a free bus and saw some of the sights. Then we went on a ferry boat and saw some more sights. Then we went and had some picture puzzles made. Then we went and had lunch. Then we went and saw were some of Forest Gump Was filmed and we took some pictures of the church and field were he sat.

The drive to Savannah

We had fun riding in the car going to Savannah. We had a very long drive in the car. We have arrived in Savannah very safley. And we had dinner at a restarunt called Huweys.

Note from Mary Pat: For those of you who saw us leaving the school packed to the eyeballs, I wanted to let you know that we went from the school to my house, where we put on a car top carrier. That improved the situation quite a bit and the men were able to breath in the car for the rest of the trip.

New trip to Savannah, Philadelphia, and Washington DC!

The Chautauqua crew is taking a new trip to visit historic Savannah, then ride up the East Coast to Philadelphia, and finally making a stop at our nation's capital in Washington D.C. The students will blog about their experiences each day to chronicle their adventures and report back on their tour of the White House. Stay tuned to catch up on the amazing experiences of these students.