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I lordags kvall var vi som sagt pa hockey. Jim’s gamla college var i final och han hade fatt tag i gratis biljetter, sa det var darfor vi akte till Philadelphia. 
Pa kvallen akte vi till omradet dar stadion lag. Vi motte upp J’s college kompis som ocksa var dar med sin familj. En country bar med dancers, a mechanical bull och Minnesota fans. 
Jim motte upp mannen med biljetterna (som tydligen hade tre soner i laget!) och det visade sig att vi hade en privat svit. Fantasiskt god mat och bra platser. Det var bara jag, Jim och en man med hans tva yngre dottrar i sviten, sa det blev valdigt privat och lyxigt. Var svit blev sen plotsligt full med Union fans som snodde var mat. De hade sviten bredvid oss men hade bara mat som typ hotdogs och liknande, och de gillade var finare mat med musslor och couscous hahha:) De var trevliga och jag hade en kul kvall. Minnesota Gophers forlorade tyvarr, men vi hade en bra kvall. Det var min forsta live hockey match och ja, det ar annorlunda att se en match live an pa tv. 

On Saturday we went to, like mentioned before, a hockey game. Jim’s old college was in the finals and he had got some free tickets, that’s why we went to Philadelphia. 
In the evening we went to the area where the stadium was. We met up with J’s college friend that was also there with his family. A country bar with dancer, a mechanical bull and Minnesota fans. 
Jim met up with the man with the tickets (who apparently had three sons in the team!) and it turned out that we had a private suite. Fantastic food and good seats. It was just me, Jim and a man with his two younger daughters in the suite, so it turned out to be even more private and luxurious. Then, our suite suddenly got filled with Union fans that stole our food. They had the suite next to us and only had food like hotdogs and stuff, and they liked our nicer food with mussels and couscous hahha:) They were nice and I had a fun night. Unfortunately, Minnesota Gophers lost, but we had a great night. It was my first live hockey game and yes, it is different to see a game live than on tv. 

Equus svit, tyckte det var roligt:)
Equus suite, thought it was funny:) 

Plotsligt sprang deras Gopher in i var svit:)
Suddenly their Gopher ran in to our suite:)

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Wow, vilken helg vi har haft! Vi har haft fullt upp! Vi har verkligen haft en helt underbar helg!

I lordags tog vi 7am taget till Philadelphia. Nar vi kom fram vid 8:30 tog vi taxi till turistomradet och at frukost pa en restaurang. Vadret var redan da underbart och vi borjade vart turistande med att se Liberty Bell. Vi hade tur, nastan inget folk da, bara fem minuter senare var kon in hur lang som helst. Vi gick en bit och besokte Betsy Ross House och sag vart den Amerikanska flaggan skapades. Vidare till Elfreth’s Alley, en liten Brittisk gata och sen tillbaka till allt det andra historiska. Gick ett par turer inne pa Independence Hall, fodelseplatsen for Declaration of Independence och The Constitution. Sedan var det dags att checka in pa hotellet som lag vid vattnet.

Vi var nu i stort sett klara med allt turistande. Jag ville till ett fangelse som jag hade last om, men det lag for langt utanfor stan, sa det far vi ta en annan gang. Vi gick istallet och satte oss pa en uteservering pa en Irlansk pub. Sa otroligt god mat! Och solen stekte pa och det var verkligen plotsligt sommar. Underbart! Bredvid oss satt en Svensk skaning och skypade med alla mojliga personer i Sverige. Lustigt att hora svenskar som pratar och Jim tyckte det lat konstigt, hahha.

Det blev en snabb vanda till hotellet och sen ivag pa hockey. 

Wow, what a weekend we’ve had! We have been so busy! We really had a wonderful weekend!
On Saturday we took the 7am train to Philadelphia. When we arrived at 8:30, we took a taxi to tourist area and ate breakfast on a restaurant. The weather was already wonderful and we began our tourist day with the Liberty Bell. We were lucky, almost no people there, just five minutes later, the line into the hose was so long. We walked a bit and visited the Betsy Ross House and saw where the American flag was created. We continued to Elfreth’s Alley, a small British street and then back to all the other historical things. Walked a couple of tours inside Independence Hall, the birthplace of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. Then it was time to check in at the hotel by the water.
We were now almost done with all tourism. I wanted to visit a prison that I had read about, but it was far outside town, so we have to visit that some other time. Instead we went and sat on an outdoor terrace on an Irish pub . So incredibly good food! And the sun was warm and it was suddenly summer. Wonderful! Next to us sat a Swedish “skåning” (south of Sweden) on skype with all sorts of people in Sweden. Funny that hear Swedes talking and Jim thought it sound strange, hahha.
Made a quick stop at the hotel and then off for hockey.

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Ar som sagt i Philadelphia nu. Just nu sitter vi i en private suite (!!) och njuter av god mat och dryck. Vi vantar pa att matchen ska borja.
Har ar en bild fran baren innan vi kom hit.

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