Pittsburgh Day 2

We had a wonderful day yesterday, and great weather! John started us off with a nice hearty breakfast and we enjoyed our coffee out on the little outdoor landing that overlooks a cute yard. We set out on the bus to downtown, starting our walk along Point Park, across one of the many bridges here to take the two furniculars they have here. So we went up the Duquesne Incline (which is pronounced Du-Caine), and took a bunch of cool photos at the top of the sweeping views of Pittsburgh. 

Then we walked the hills for about a mile to the other funicular,  the Mononcahela Incline to take it down again. We hiked across the river along a different bridge, this one had loads of inspiring and thought-provoking and supportive graffiti for anyone considering suicide, and I took some photos because it’s been sort of my thing these days to photograph graffiti. 

We then went to the Science Museum where we got to see a really cool Vikings exhibit, a planetarium show, an awesome meticulously maintained electric train village, toured a submarine, and got to take selfies with a bunch of our favorite TV star robots: C3-PO, R2-D2, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo! A very exciting day! And we wore masks indoors with all the germy people and kids!

Then we met up with my friend Molly and two of her kids at a little pub to have lunch and catch up. It was getting pretty hot out and the rest and fuel up in the a/c. Her one very shy and stressed kid seemed to lighten up and start laughing with us as I regaled them with my many hilarious toilet tales of woe! 

Then we meandered over to the PNC baseball stadium and waited to be able to get into the stadium to eat and walk the stadium before the Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta game started. It is a super cool stadium! We had a really lovely evening watching the sun set over the gorgeous view of the riverfront and cityscape and the game. We treated ourselves to a Lyft ride home because I have a pretty gnarly blister on my pinky toe, and we were happy to collapse into our comfy king bed in our loft apartment. A wonderful, perfect day!