In this gallery you will find photos from a vacation in Philadelphia 2001. With your mousepointer over a thumbnail you will get more information. Please click the thumbnail to open the picture in a new window. All images have a size of 950x650 pixel or 100-200KB. Enjoy your holidays!
Philadelphia
Philadelphia was the first stop on the trip after landing in NYC on September 1st 2001. Philadelphia is a beautiful city with a wonderful historical town centre, particularly for historians a great place to visit.
Unfortunately we had only few hours of time, but after these hours I am certain that I would have wanted to spend more time walking through the 'Streets of Philadelphia'.
And also the surroundings of the city offer many attractions. Despite the film 'Witness' I couldn't believe how strong the contrast between the Amish and the new world ('the Englishmen') really is. A visit to a Amish house brought some information and opened my eyes. It is definitly an experience, if you discover a horse carriage, which seems to originate from another world, between huge trucks and modern cars.
1. Mirror
One of the first pictures taken on this vacation. I like working with mirrors or
reflections. Most of the time it doesn't really work for one reason or another but
in this case I was completely satisfied with the result
8-10. Skyline
These three pictures developed within 60 seconds from our driving Ford. Sometimes one
has simply no time or no opportunity to stop :-)
11. Gras in the wind
Impression from Amish County
12. Forbidden picture
The Amish don't like to have their pictures taken. But the driver of this carriage
probably noticed nothing