Philadelphia has the highest per-capita concentration of higher education institutions in the nation. There are over 300,000 students in Philly.

Luckily for me, this means that there are literally hundred of things to do and see in Philly…and guess what? Bryn Mawr’s just launched a new program where students can get free train tickets into the city. Yes, free. I request tickets, and a few days later they just appear in my campus mailbox. Thanks, Student Activities! It’s great… I only wish they had started this program before I was a senior!

On Sunday I took the R5 in to Suburban Station and walked with a few friends over to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to go check it out, as I had never been. The first Sunday of each month is “pay what you wish” day at the museum, so admission was generously discounted 🙂 The Philadelphia Museum of Art is also home to the famous “Rocky steps”, so of course we had to embrace our inner tourists and run up them. This is pretty much what we looked like, except maybe a little less majestic.

This is the view of the city from the top of the “Rocky steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art!