We have been into 3 States out of a probable total of 14, so we are doing really well! The catch is that we still have over 3000 miles to go. We have done just over 120 miles in the last two days, a tough 78 miles yesterday down to Princeton and an easier 45 miles today.
We spent the morning in Princeton, and in fact only left at 2 in the afternoon after a pile of PJ's pancakes. We stayed last night with two friends from our year at school who are now working with the Princeton choir, thank you again to James and Alex for having a space for us and thanks for the pancakes. This morning we sorted out the route to Philadelphia (there was no sun at all today - too cloudy - so we couldn't just make a general heading). We didn't have a printer to print out the Google maps, so we wrote down a long line of street names that we would have to follow on both sides of an envelope. I will take a picture of this primitive route planning and put it up soon. Bear in mind when you see it that it got us here!
But, despite our success on the back of an envelope, when we get to Washington we will invest in a GPS so that we spend less time getting lost. A GPS should mean that we get to see more of the places that we stop in, although it will detract from the fun of asking for directions. It is amazing the different answers you get from people in the same place, and it is fun to ask people, as you get a short snapshot of the community they are from - although in many of the area's surrounding New York the people couldn't help us because the only language spoken was Spanish!
We have sampled Philly's local delicacy; the cheese steak - lots of Steak and lots of Cheese in a baguette! It was good, but not special and I think tomorrow we will be back to Burgers!
We are staying with Anthony, who we found through Couchsurfing.com, and having a great time... we are yet to decide where exactly we are staying tomorrow but we will let you know!
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