The City of Brotherly Love

Over Memorial Day Weekend I travelled* to Philadelphia to see my brother.




My brother is a kick-ass bike racer and about three hours after I arrived we headed to Baltimore, Maryland for a bike race.

Getting ready for the race:


The loyal fans:


Jo is pretty easy to spot. He's always the tallest guy out there. He's wearing the blue-coloured* jersey on and he's right in the center of this picture.

Here comes Johann, pumping those pistons he calls legs!**
He's fourth in this picture, not counting that first guy's fanny*.


A little harder to see but he's coming around the outside on this one.


Sprint finish - he's in the upper right hand corner, number 343.


He got fifth! The presentation of the big cheque*:

The next morning, I got to ride with Jo and a couple of guys from his team. It's amazing how quickly you get to these beautiful green roads from downtown Philly.


Then, that same day, we headed to New Jersey for a wedding.

It was in a tiny little town in this beautiful, old church.

The reception was at the bride's family's house in the New Jersey countryside. We were lucky enough to get a picture with the bride and groom.

The first dance:


Back in Philly on Monday we enjoyed Jo's world-famous cinnamon rolls before heading out for some sightseeing.


Jo lives in a pretty cool old neighborhood. This is his front stoop. (I mention the stoop because I know Sarah loves them and Alex hates them!)

Philadelphia is a really cool city. It has a ton of history and has some pretty interesting sights.

My favorite Philly spot: life-sized chess pieces.


We even saw some Red Coats hanging around.


I got a tour of the UPenn Campus - don't they look smart?


And spent some quality time with old Ben.

Has anyone got* a Liljengren Walker in their wallet?

Thanks for the awesome weekend and the tour of four states J & G!


*British Spelling
**With British accent, courtesy of Phil Liggett.