Kathleen and I arrived in Philadelphia late in the evening of the 19th. Our connecting flight out of Minneapolis was held up by twenty minutes, and upon arriving in Philly we were held up by National Car Rental for at least an hour......so much for their "Emerald Club". My employer has a corporate discount arrangement with them which saved us over $200 as compared to Avis, and in return I think we got over $200 worth of aggravation. I guess I could have gone with Hertz, but I have an aversion to them. I know it sounds silly, but it's due to O.J. Simpson having once been a spokesman for them.
We haven't had too much of a chance to play "tourist". Kathleen has had a lot of personal business in Abington to deal with and we've also been busy visiting with our relatives. We were up at my cousin's place in Slate Hill NY, and from there we drove to Harrisburg PA. We took in Hersheypark on Monday, and yesterday we spent some time in the Amish country of Lancaster County.
We are now in Willow Grove PA, and beginning tonight we will stay with another cousin of mine in Havertown until we leave Monday morning. I'm not sure we will get to the tourist sites in Philly or not. Kathleen used to live in Abington and me, I've visited Philly several times.
As for Amish country, I've seen that before too but I wanted to see it again. The area is beautiful and the food is good. We ate at the Stoltzfus Deli in Intercourse and that sausage sandwich that I had was excellent. I can see some rationale in how they live: they don't have to worry about corporate downsizing or their jobs being outsourced overseas.
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