Tuesday 28 October 2008

Monday 27 October

Today was our only completely free day. We visited the Comcast Tower, the tallest building in Philadelphia. Tradition has it that the local baseball team would never win the World Series if any building was built higher than the William Penn building, so a small statue of Penn was placed on top of the tower to keep his statue as the highest point in the city.


We then visited Macy's department store (formerly Wanamaker's) which contains the world's largest playable organ. Covering a full three floors, it was quite a sight. A short recital was given at midday, and a few of us couldn't help wondering what it would sound like if Dr Massey could get his hands on it.


After a trip to the Liberty Bell, which is near the site where the Declaration of Independence took place, the boys then met up with the choristers from Bryn Mawr for a game of football. The lay clerks, meanwhile, went to one of the many local art galleries (yeah, right). The evening brought some very wet weather, and the World Series game was rained off, with the Phillies needing one more victory to clinch the title.