Thirsty Thursday's With Vicki

My Trip To Philly!

Last week, I finally had the opportunity to take a vacation since I’ve started my job. Since Christine has made her way up to MA twice in the past few months, I thought that it only made sense for me to head her way for once. So last Wednesday morning I took a 7:00 am train from Springfield to Philadelphia. But let me just tell you, getting up at 5:30 and going to bed at 12:30 was no fun whatsoever. Thank God I could just sleep the whole way there.

After a 5 hour train ride, I finally arrived to Philly! Stine met me at the train station, and then we traveled to the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Limerick, PA which was less than a half hour away from her town. This outlet was pretty massive with over 100 different stores. Neither of us did very much spending on this shopping adventure, but it was still nice to walk around, and catch up on life. 

Some stores at this outlet included: Juicy Couture, Forever 21, Vera Bradley, Michael Kors, Joe's Jeans, and Coach

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The following day we expected the weather to be clear, and sunny but unfortunately there was a bit of a drizzle going on! But, Stine and I still made the most of our day, and took a trip back to Philly to go to the Philadelphia Zoo!!! 

Me posing next to the Philly Zoo Balloon!

Since it's off season right now for the zoo we got adult admission tickets for only $12! There were so many exhibits that were open too. The zoo exhibits that we checked out were:
African Plains, First Niagra Big Cat Falls, Bear Country, Bird Valley, Carnivore Kingdom, Monkey Junction, Peco Primate Reserve,  Rare Animal Conservation Center, and Small Mammal House.

Welcome to the zooooo!

Me Being Silly :)

Elephants!!!

Since it was off season we were able to just walk around with not having to wait in lines, hearing screaming children, and we could actually enjoy sitting at the exhibits for as long as we wanted. 


Here were some of Stine's & My Favorite Exhibits at the Zoo!!!

Polar Bear!

The Cheetahs were protecting their home!

The tiger came soooo close to us!!!

Look its Nala!!!! Stine & I decided this lioness looks like her dog, Truman :)

Simba & Nala!!!

Our favorite exhibit was probably these gorilla friends of ours! Well, I don't know if you can say friends considering they scared me half to death! This guy right here, was hilarious. We stood at his exhibit for about a half hour in amazement watching his human-like characteristics. He stared at us too though :) At one point, he started pounding on the glass, because he didn't like one of the zoo employees. Another time, he decided to swing on the rope and hit the glass Stine, and I were standing behind. 

Crazy Gorilla Friend

And then there was his friend...

Now, if you know me well enough you would know I love giraffes. I'm obsessed. When I'm older, I plan on adopting one!!! They're just so beautiful, have long necks, and are so tall (unlike me). And they have cool tongues and funny looking faces. They're just awesome!!!! But unfortunately they went hiding at the Philly Zoo... 

No Giraffes For Me :(

But here's some fun giraffe facts for you!!!

Friday was my last day in the big city of Philly with Stine! So on our last day we decided to actually make an afternoon full of Philadelphia-ness! We first met up with her friend at Reading Terminal Market! 

Reading Terminal Market

Reading Terminal Market reminded me of Fanuel Hall in Boston, MA. It had basically every type of food you can imagine! A wide selection of baked goods, meats, poultry, ethnic foods, seafood, and sooo much more!!! They also had a farmers market so you could buy fresh fruits and vegetables. Also the market included small shops filled with everything from cookwear to jewelry to pottery!


For our last adventure, we went down to the famous Comcast Center! It stands at 975 feet tall, and is the largest building in Philly, and is the tallest "green" eco-friendly building in the country!!! This building is full of offices, but right on the main level is HD video wall with the resolution being 500% greater than an HD television, and is the largest four millimeter LED screen in the entire world!!! (visitphilly.com)

LED Show

And that my friends was my vacation away to Philly!! Check out my post next week to read about my second half of my vacation in NYC!!!! :)


Have A Happy Thirsty Thursday!