Farewell Philly

I spent my last couple of nights in Philly as expected, we bowled on Tuesday night. I was appalling. I have never bowled so bad in my life. By the 5th game I was getting better, but I have no idea what happened. I blame the balls, they were crappy. Wednesday, I walked around South Philly and got on of Pat's famous Philly Cheese Steaks. It was amazing, well, it was greasy and meaty and covered in hot sauce, so I suppose that makes it great. I watched football for the first time in ages (Juventus vs. Arsenal) and we met up with my friend Pedro and headed to the Bodyworlds exhibition in the Franklin Institute. The exhibit is put on by Gunther von Hagens, the crazy German who did a live autopsy on Channel 4. Essentially, it's a load of plasticised human bodies and organs in different poses. These are real bodies that have been donated by people for this dude to use. Apparently it's quite contraversial. I didn't find it contraversial, just really gross. I'm pretty squeamish about this kind of stuff and it really made me feel uncomfortable, especially the organs. But I have to say that it really was fascinating, despite my weak stomach for these things, I was impressed by it all. It was also quite educational seeing how the body all fits together. One thing is for certain. If I smoked, I would quit. Yuck.

I left my good friend Matt, yesterday morning (thanks once again Matt and Dan for your hospitality) and after a lovely Greyhound ride I arrived in Syracuse New York yesterday evening. Don't be confused. This is NOT New York City. It's a university town upstate. I met up with another good buddy, Nate, and we went for barbeque food and listened to some blues music. This afternoon we are going to meet yet another friend, Tim, and then tomorrow we head into the mountains to hike in the snow. Apparently there are bears. Cool.