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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the trip report, OP!

My tips:

1. Reading Market is always super crowded at lunch time. If you go at 11 am or 1 pm, it is less crowded. If you want lunch, go no later than 11 am and send someone immediately to get a table while everyone else buys lunch. By 11:10 it's a madhouse until like 1:30.  Weekends are worse. Also the Amish food places are closed on Sundays, I think.

2. To avoid the subway, use Regional Rail in Center City. Regional Rail are the commuter trains to the suburbs, but they all stop in the same center city stations (Gray 30th St [Amtrak], Suburban Station and Jefferson Station) that are close by to many of the things you'd like to visit, e.g. Suburban Station for Franklin Institute, Jefferson Station for Old City and the Liberty Bell.

Regional Rail is staffed by conductors in every train car and they keep it a lot more family-friendly. The busses can be fine, too--I like knowing I can get off the bus anytime.

3. There is a great coffee shop behind the Franklin Institute (which I agree is kind of in a blah zone for food), Peddler's Coffee, I recommend it highly. Also there are lockers on the third floor of the Franklin Institute. Well worth 5 dollars to stow your stuff up there while your kids run amok--also definitely get the big lockers, the small ones are teeeeny.[/quote]

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