Wednesday, 9th May

We started the day at 'The Amish Farm & House' in Lancaster County where we were given a tour of a typical Amish house and we learnt a lot about the Amish way of life - including that weddings are held on either Tuesdays or Thursdays (to ensure that it doesn't run into Sunday), that they have solar panels to charge their cellphones (!) and the Amish population in Pennsylvania doubles every 25 years! One of the Amish men died recently at the age of 100 and he had 9 children, 64 grandchildren and 243 great-grandchildren!!

After the extensive tour, we went to Fuddruckers for some really tasty burgers with bottomless drinks from the soda fountain! After lunch we took a tour of Reading on the way to The Pagoda on Mount Penn where we had a spectacular view of the Reading area.

Then it was off to the King of Prussia Mall which is the premier shopping destination on the East Coast!! To say this mall is overwhelming is an understatement - the hour that we had couldn't do it justice!!

Sanjay and his wife then took us, Connor and Peter to Desi Village, an Indian restaurant, for dinner and to Coldstone Creamery for dessert!!