Yup, we woke up and took the subway back down to the sports complex. AGAIN. But this day was about taking in everything we would have been doing in preparation for a Phillies World Series day. That was the original intent of the trip anyway.
As you can tell, the skies were grey and the roads were wet but that didn't stop us from taking in all the great Phillies culture.
It's exceptionally difficult to find Phillies gear in our home town, Chicago, so to make up for it we spent 2+ hours in this Majestic Clubhouse Store.
My favorite part of the store was the MLB Pin Trading Center. Note to self, next time bring an old MLB pin.
After lots of shopping, we were starving so we stepped into the Irish pub that's attached to the ball park, ironically enough it was one of our Chicago favorites, McFaddens. Landon's favorite part? The Phillies tap as seen below.
Remember when I said we did some shopping? Check out the 2 bags the husb is holding below in the photo with Phillies mascot the Phanatic.
By the time we were ready to go it was pouring but we made our way to the subway and crossed lines to another subway so we could make it over to the historical area. Home of the Liberty Bell.
How many photos can one take of this bell? Over 40 according to my camera. I'll spare you most of them but while I was taking a photo, this guy jumped in. He gave me an idea.
See the husband and his new Shane Victorino Fly'n Hawaiian glove. Yes we did get funny looks when we took this photo. Maybe because the Phillies weren't playing? or Maybe because it was clear we were tourists?
Ok but for real, we did enjoy seeing the Liberty Bell.
The rest of the area was really beautiful, especially as the sun started coming out. The only bummer was that we left the Chicago construction to see the Philly historical construction. Major bummer.
Because we had spent so much time shopping for Phillies gear, we didn't get to take a tour of the National Constitution Center because they close at 5pm. Sad Trombone.
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