From Raleigh to Philadelphia

Returning the rental car at the airport was no problem, other than that we realized we forgot out toiletry kit at the Rappoports, oh well. The flight went well, Lily cried for a while, she was so over-tired that she couldn't sleep, but eventually gave in. In Philly we drove straight to downtown area, parked the car, and took a carriage, which was very nice. After that we drove to the B&B, which was supposedly in Chestnut, which turned out to be Germantown, so not exactly where we wanted to be, but another: oh well. The owner Gloria was quite a character, very nice and fun, but unfortunately she had planned a party for 45 people on our second night, so we had a rather loud night, and the all the guests were using our "private" bathroom in front of our room, so when we had to brush our teeth we were in line with the party people, pretty funny (actually not so funny that night). Oh, and we had a nightingale right in front of our window, which kept us up after the party slowed down, more fun. Needless to say we were really tired the next day. But it was a great neighborhood for checking out great mansions which we did the next day on our way to Manyan Road, where we ate great lunch and moved on to visit Gill (old friend of Stuart's) and her husband Greg and their 2 kids Chelsea and Brielle, all beautiful people in their beautiful house. Lily got to pet their pets: rats, a snake, 2 birds and 2 cats. And jump on their trampoline, which she didn't like so much. It was a fun little visit