Thais, Michael and I went to the Phillies World Series Parade on Firday. Thais was lucky enough to have school canceled for the day, but alas we were not. Our school did compromise and we basically had a half day. I got out of school at 11am and Thais met Michael and I at West Catholic and we headed downtown to City Hall.
The subway was packed like I have never seen it in Philly. We basically had to throw ourselves in the door and hang on to the people in front of us hoping that our back sides weren't sticking out in the door. Somehow we made it on and headed downtown. We got off and City Hall and muscled our way to a spot at City Hall.
The parade itself was lame. I am not going to lie. It felt like it lasted all of 10-15 minutes and the players weren't doing anything spectacular. Thais said it would have been better if they were throwing t-shirts or something like that. I mean the Philly Phanatic was probably the best part and he is just the mascot. While the parade was kind of lame, it was totally worth it to be downtown and experience the energy and excitement of everyone. They originally predicted about 1 million people would come down and it turned into more like 3 million.
Philly was obviously very proud of this win. If you know anything about the curse of Billy Penn, you will know what a big day this was for the city. Below you will find some pictures or our adventure around the city....and yes they were giving out huge free pretzels. When in Philly....well eat a free Pretzel.
If you look closely at the parade pictures, you will be able to see the World Series Trophy....nice stuff.
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