30th street station in Philadelphia, Penna In the spring of 2012, I set out via Amtrak on a solo trip to check out Philadelphia, Charlottesville ( my son lived there then) and D.C. museums.. Yes Philadelphia, home of the Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts which opened in 1805 -it was the country's first museum and art school. my hotel room Beautiful exhibition, thank you Mr. Van Gogh Philadephia Museum of Art Philadelphia Flower Show then a quick stop to the Philadelphia flower show– If you've never seen it put it on your bucket list Charlottesville Okay, well Charlottesville, home of 2 presidents-- Jefferson & Monroe, was less about the museums and more about the wineries ( there are 30+) - indulge, indulge a lot of museums in D.C., easy to get lost in the National Gallery of Art, which has been around since 1937--wonder what your favorite gallery around is????? xoxo