Greece update: Today is my last day in Greece! I’m back in Athens for the night before flying back to Baltimore tomorrow.
The purpose of this visit to Philadelphia was to have an early birthday celebration for a friend since I will be away during her actual birthday. Britney Spears was performing and seeing her was a dream come true for my friend.
Throughout the day, Britney was posting Twitter updates with clues about attractions in Philadelphia. Get to the correct attraction quick enough and you could score two ringside seats to her Circus tour that night. We didn’t go after the tickets, but I thought it was a great way to promote the tour and get fans involved.
Let me just say that traffic getting into and out of the Wachovia Center was horrible. I don’t know what genius thought of putting multiple arenas next to each other but they clearly weren’t thinking about traffic. We finally got in and made it to our seats with one minute before the show started. Talk about timing! There were oxygen tanks nearby because our seats were so high, but the view was spectacular. I’m not a big fan of Britney but I absolutely loved the show. It’s part of her Circus tour and there were acrobats, a trampoline, gymnasts and karate. It was more like a circus show with Britney Spears songs playing than it was a Britney Spears concert.
The concert ended and we were making our way out. It was kind of like Otakon for Britney Spears fans, with lots of people dressing up in various outfits she’s been seen in. Kinda crazy! While waiting for traffic to die down there was a man literally running around the parking lot with a shopping cart full of cold water and also cold soft pretzels. Two for $5 he yelled. What a rip off and kind of illegal, but he made a few sales. We eventually made it out of the parking lot and started our journey home. Goodbye for now Philadelphia.