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Pittsburgh Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Pittsburgh, United States
Nature Calls
This is a top pick! ... by the perfectly executed desserts of cannoli, pudding and brulee. It is a pity that many visitors may not come to see the natural beauty of Pittsburgh, for the ancient natural wonder provides as much an insight as the steel of the city ever ...
The Ups and Downs of Pittsburgh
This is a top pick! ... two sights I visited in Pittsburgh were quite contrasting. The first was the Andy Warhol Museum. A challenging ode to Pittsburgh's favourite son. The museum is the largest single artist exhibit in the world. I suppose this is expected ...
The Baseball Parks of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
This is a top pick! ... still think of that freaky night. And tonight on Pennsylvania I-79 Dean Koontz wasn't helping matters. PNC Park, home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, was named after a bank or some other three letter corporation. It sits high on ...
I'm a hippie...or so I keep being told :)
I've somehow crossed over to hippie world. Ha! Yeah, it probably started last year about this time when I went to Nepal, was emphasized by one of my newer roomies (she's super girly!) and now I'm being lumped in per a few of my back ...
Home At Last
We arrived home yesterday, and all our luggage arrived with us! It was a long trip (24 hours) but the flights were on time and we made it with no incidents, sickness or mishaps. We thank God for His protection and grace over the entire ...
Happy to be at The Burgh :)
... 91 yr old grandmother.....My Aunt and Fred, niece and nephew, and even stopped by my grandfathers resting place. I LOVE Pittsburgh.....theres a familiarity about it...never been home but has always felt like home :) Tonight I will experience ...
On Our Way
... nbsp; The TSA wanted to confiscate Paul's small pocket knife, one that he had brought on three other recent trips from the Pittsburgh airport without any problems. He ended up sending it home with his wife, Carolyn. I had my bag ...
Next stop; Pittsburgh!
We will be coming up on Pittsburgh shortly, we will be arriving in DC about 1:00 this afternoon! I took a shower this morning and that was an experience, it reminded me of my days on the Coast Guard Cutter "Active", as the train was swaying back and forth ...
Pittsburgh
After we left Cleveland, OH, we continued eastward to Pittsburgh, PA. We didn't have much time to explore the city, but we drove around and took pictures. We liked how the city is on the convergence of two rivers, which made for lots of cool ...
On the Road- East Coast Bound
I've just finished my week of driving solo across the country. I didn't make any web updates along the way, so here's the story- I went up through Lake Tahoe on Sunday- Awesome- no traffic, clear water, 60 degrees. Utah was unbelievable. The ...
Greetings from pittsburgh in pittsburgh ...
... and how to paddle correctly we were in the water (the Allegheny River). We paddled three miles to a boat ramp next to Pittsburgh's new baseball stadium. Ben locked up the boats and we walked the city street to the FireWater for lunch. After all that ...
Chicago to Pittsburgh
... . Mass was said in English so I did not need to use one of theEnglish/Polish missalettes. 7:45 Depart Chicago for Pittsburgh. 8:15 Cross into Indiana and Eastern Time Zone. 8:45 South Bend 55 miles. Toledo 205 miles. 9:30 Pass through ...
Home Again!
Hi everyone! We are home. Back to high-speed internet and cell phones. We are tired. It was about a 16 hour flight and a 3 hour drive home. I thought that we would post some more photos. This will probably be the last of them. There are captions to ...
Last Night in Pittsburgh
Still hasn't hit me yet that I will actually be leaving for four whole months. It's hard to grasp how long of a time that really is, because time is all relative. When I think about last Spring semester though, nothing noteworthy happened, ...
Packing and peering over the ledge...
The joke starts, "So this guy walks into a bar... in China...." I wanted to drop you all a brief note about an adventure that I'm about to undertake. An opportunity has leapt up from that mysterious place where mischance and coincidence dwell to grab ...
Off to play Santa
... will find the weirdness runs in my family. The uncanny knack to have unusual expriences must do the same. I am off again, back to Pittsburgh. I managed to go three years without one trip to the city, and then I am there two times in one month. Oh ...
Kathy and Rio fly east
... our adventure. Rio and I are leaving on a jet plane....making many stops along the way before we rach our final desitination: Pittsburgh :) Well, Rio's final destination...For me, its a quick stop to see some much loved family members and pick up Kelly 'O ...
Packing Party
We came together on Sunday, January 31, to pack our supplies to take over to Kenya. We each are taking two bags in addition to our personal piece of luggage. Excess baggage costs recently went up, but we aren't nervous. The Lord will ...
Our favoritest hotel chain ever!
We are having a wonderful stay here in Western Pennsylvania! We decided to make the long 6-hr drive across the state all in one sitting on Friday night. We've booked three nights here at Candlewood Suites. And, in fact, due to a changed schedule, it's ...
Independence
... sounds of firecrackers ratcheting in the distance, and the visions of picnic tables draped in red, white, and blue. Instead, the Pittsburgh sky delivers rain, and the only sound beside pounding rain on leaves is the rather plaintive and soggy cry of a ...
Anticipation (part 2)
Okay, so i have less than four days left to spend here in the Burgh, and well, guess what...it's raining. Big surprise, huh? so just a run down of things happening in the US, Madonna got her adoption bid rejected, scientist have found a rocket fuel ...
Home safe and sound
We finally arrived in Pittsburgh and left the airport about 10:15pm and headed our separate ways to our homes. Everyone made it safely home. To all of our new Scottish friends, words cannot express our gratitude for your kindness and ...
At home in Pittsburgh
... and 1980s, when the size of the population dropped from its peak of 677K in 1950 to 370K in 1990. Today, Pittsburgh boasts a handful of competitive universities, top-notch medical centers, and technology firms, and recently was rated by Forbes as ...
My flight leaves Pittsburgh and my travels begin..
... and I will be arriving in Pisa on February 5, 2006 around 8:30am, from which I will then travel to Florence. In between Pittsburgh and Florence I have a stop in Chicago O'Hare's airport. My actual air-time will be about 12 hours. I'm really nervous ...
Driving, Shanksville, Remmers and the Pirates
... been dependent on the kindness of strangers. Alex and I left for the game at about 5:00, but first a stop at a Pittsburgh tradition, Primanti Brothers. They have many specialty sandwiches, but the most popular is a large burger on thick bread, with ...
Beijing...really?
The emails have been sent. The contracts on the way. Am I really going to Beijing? It all seems so surreal at this point. Perhaps a month, even fewer days until I am on the flight to China. What is next? ...