In Baltimore

What I know of Baltimore is what I’ve seen in the TV show The Wire. After we park Sullivan we go through one of those neighborhoods like in the series, where I was almost expecting to see some drug dealers sitting on an old couch in the middle of the grass. The city doesn’t feel safe. The homicide rate is 14 times higher than of NY and 10% of the population is addicted to heroin.

Once we pass the guys with the knives and reach the inner harbor we’re back with the middle class and the tourists. We walk around the little harbor before going all the way up downtown and mid-town. The city has some well preserved buildings and the first Catholic cathedral in the US (consecrated in 1821).

Looking for a Walmart for the night wasn’t easy, they all close at night because of the crimes, but there’s plenty of options and we found one 🙂