Since I really love to explore places, particularly around the world, Baltimore is a dangerous place to travel, because of the increase crime (shooting, armed robbery, theft, you name it). I thought so, but there are some places that are tourist friendly places, e.g. Inner Harbor. What do I need to conclude?
Sometimes, a dangerous city I love to visit doesn’t mean don’t visit. All you need to research which places are safer, away from ghetto areas. I read other people’s blogs and stories from Baltimore and they had a good time there. Hence, I brainstormed about the recommended places, what to do, what to eat, what to see, etc.
Our Itinerary (Planned):
- Federal Hill
- Patterson Park Baltimore (to see the Pagoda)
- Inner Harbor
- Pierces Park
- Walk around University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus
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Since we will only travel there for the daycation, we moved onto the further planning process, e.g. money management.
August 10th, 2019
Early in the morning as we woke up, my sister doesn’t want us so my family were super excited to go for the weekend. Reviewing our finalized itinerary, we got everything, clothes, bags, money, phone, essentials, etc and loaded into car.
Actual Itinerary (You can create your own “Name your trip (NYT)” Itinerary!
- Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum (arrived at 10am)
- $10 admission
- An interesting facts about the famous biography of Babe Ruth, her life, career, and others.
- DYK (Did You Know): Babe Ruth born in this building (where today’s the museum). He is a professorial baseball player during his entire career until his retirement (due to his drinking and erratic behavior) and until his death on August 16, 1948. He died of Nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- University of Maryland – Baltimore for a walk around the campus
- A mid-morning workout
- Patterson Park to see the Pagoda – quick lunch from Subway.
- Walked around the park
- Rested and relaxed
- Drove around Downtown Baltimore
- Educated the safest location to travel and for tourism
- Inner Harbor
- Visited Baltimore visitor Center (what we like to do around Baltimore)
- Research the best seafood restaurant
- Walked around Inner Harbor (Harbor Bridge Walk)
- Saw the USS Torsk and the Pratt Street Power Plant
- Crossed the Harbor Bridge Walk Bridge
- Played simple music at the Pierce’s Park
- Climbed up the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse
- Relaxed and reflected my trip at the Pier 5 Waterfront Garden
- Phillips Seafood – Best dishes from my tourism research
- 45-minute wait due to increase in travelers eating at the Baltimore’s popular restaurant but waited for only 20 minutes.
- Baltimore’s best seafood dishes.
- Walked around the Harbor Again
- Walked around Barnes Noble
- Captured Top of the World Observation Level (Baltimore’s observatory deck)
The drive time between Philadelphia and Baltimore is about 2 hours (depending on traffic).
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