Philadelphia

Now getting in and out of these US ports has been a doddle, security has been lax to say the least. Think it would be easy to get illegal immigrants etc through these facilities. Now as I passed out of Tioga this morning a customs vehicle pulled up. Guy asked what ship I was from and did I have a pass. Pulled out my passport and the customs official went apopleptic. Wouldn’t let me say a thing as I tried to explain I was a passenger. He was telling me to get back on ship, I shouldn’t have a passport, we needed to go see the Captain, this was definitely not on. Finally managed to say I was a passenger and a student studying in LA with a visa. Ahhhhhh. He quickly shut up.







Walked through Tioga to the Metro stop. Rough and poor neighbour hood.







Headed into the Philadelphia Arts Museum. Great place. It’s enormous. With a lovely collection.

















Afternoon happily catching up on writing and drinking coffee.