A Phillies Fan in Baltimore

So as part of my graduation gift from my boyfriend, I was able to spend the day in Baltimore (B-more as I have since been calling it since freshman year at York College) and go to an Oriole's game against the Blue Jays.

We left around 10am and pulled into the Hyatt parking garage at noon. Just an FYI...if you ever park there, expect to pay $27 if you are there for more than 5 hours.  As we're walking down the street the first thing we see is Camden Yards and a bunch of Ravens jerseys. Little did we know the Ravens were holding open practice/meet and greet at M&T Bank Stadium. No big deal. We continue discussing what we (I) want to do.

We finally decided to go to the Sports Museum and Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum. We walk into the Sports Museum and buy tickets ($12 a piece for both places, not a bad deal). We both found the Sports Museum to be really cool. I definitely think its a place I want to go back to a take my dad. The first floor was all Oriole's stuff (I personally was upset by seeing the 1983 World Series trophy since the O's beat the Phillies). Downstairs was all Maryland athletes/colleges. A short walk upstairs brought you to the Baltimore Colrs/Ravens section.

From there, we walked the 2 and a half block to Babe Ruth's birthplace. Kinda boring. The only interesting thing that happened was a guy commented me on the shirt I was wearing. He was a Phillies fan and I had on a Halladay Blue Jays t-shirt. I must say, people in Baltimore are more friendly than us fans here in Philly. But I wouldn't change our passion for anything.

At this time, it was about 2:30/3 o'clock and we were hungry. A friend of mine was in the city a few weeks ago and highly recommended Pratt St. Ale House. So, that's where we went. Food was amazing. We got cheese fries as an app and they were to die for. I then got the Panko Crab Cakes (appetizer). These were three little crab cakes, but mixed with the fries, was just the right size for lunch. Plus, they were also to die for.

Since we still had time to kill before the game started we took a walk down to the Inner Harbor. I wanted to go to Top of the World, which is on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center. Not to sound racist or anything, but you would think they would have more security than what they did. But anywho....this was a great place to see all of Inner Harbor, and to see how many miles you are from other major cities throughout the world. After we got done there, we walked around to the other side of the harbor and walked up Federal Hill. This was a beautiful park (if you don't mind walking up hill) and you got a great view of the harbor.

The weather was amazing that day. Until we got to the stadium. After going through the gates, we went to the Oriole's store, saw the end of batting practice, and then up to our seats. Sure enough as soon as we get to the seats, tarp comes on and the rain comes. Hour and 15 minute rain delay. Rain continues off and on the rest of the game. Orioles win 6-2. As a fan of the National League, I kept waiting for there to be a double switch, pinch hitter, something. But no. Darn you American League and your designated hitter.

To kill some time after the game, we went back to the Hyatt and had a drink. (well...Boyfriend drank, I didn't). According to him it was an overpriced drink but still good.

Overall, it was an awesome day. Not once did I feel like something would happen to either one of us. Police were out everywhere and the Hyatt had security walking in the parking garage. The city itself was also very clean. There's a few things we didn't get the chance to do (Geppi's, Aquarium), but since it's only a two hour drive we can go back and do another day trip. The only thing we would have done different is, we would have gotten a hotel room to spend the night.