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Day 23
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 4:34 PM
☀️ 4 °C
Altitude: 332 m
United States WDUQ-FM (Pittsburgh)40.430668, -80.0072140°25’50” N 80°0’26” W
Redbeards Bar & Grill, Mt Washington.
December 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Now this place was quite interesting, a nice atmosphere, and the food was good, but the service was absolutely atrocious. We ordered and waited ages for our drinks, the meal took nearly an hour, and then the waitress just handed us our bill without even asking if we wanted any further drinks, quite a disappointment. However the Guinness was great.Read more
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Day 23
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 6:10 PM
🌙 2 °C
Altitude: 316 m
United States Station Square 40.431689, -80.00564140°25’54” N 80°0’20” W
Pittsburgh by Night
December 28, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Pittsburgh is really such a beautiful city. We had a great time here strolling the streets in the minus temperatures, but the place is so picturesque with such incredible history behind it we weren't too concerned about the cold.
It's history goes way back even before the war of independence back in the days of British rule, and much of the history still remains.Read more
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Day 24
Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 10:51 AM
⛅ 4 °C
Altitude: 218 m
United States Heinz Field 40.446136, -80.01808940°26’46” N 80°1’5” W
Carnegie Science Museum
December 29, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Took the morning to check out the Carnegie Science Museum just up the road from Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Got there first thing and the line of people and kids trying to get in was amazing, it looked like school drop off back home, cars just streaming in to get into the carpark choked with kids.
A really interesting spot to see, at least once, more aimed at the young ones though.
Did take time out to go aboard the USS submarine to check that out. No way I could work in one of these giant cigar tubes.Read more
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Day 24
Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 2:08 PM
☁️ 2 °C
Altitude: 337 m
United States Squirrel Hill 40.436525, -79.92290940°26’11” N 79°55’22” W
Lunch at Squirrel Hill
December 29, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
We came here after reading about the place in some of the tourist notes, but quite honestly we were pretty disappointed in it. It is the heart of the Jewish community in Pittsburgh and was supposedly a great historical retail centre depicting the early days but just looked pretty much like any ordinary old retail street that you'd expect to see anywhere. Maybe we just needed to know more about it's history to understand it better.
Must have been disappointing, we didn't even take any pictures.Read more
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Day 24
Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 3:39 PM
☁️ 2 °C
Altitude: 303 m
United States Dravosburg 40.366428, -79.89635540°21’59” N 79°53’47” W
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
December 29, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
What an incredible place. It's really amazing just how much money the early entrepreneurs actually gave back to the communities in places like this museum.
Even the building itself is a museum, Slate and marble and just the money spent to create the building alone today you couldn't afford to build. A lot of it is very commercialised but the value of the goods in this place is incredible. You would need two days to see it all completely.Read more
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Day 26
Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 7:58 PM
🌫 3 °C
Altitude: 378 m
United States Oglebay Resort Crispin Golf Course 40.102863, -80.66176640°6’10” N 80°39’42” W
Oglebay Lights
December 31, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 3 °C
Our hosts took us across to a place in West Virginia to see the most amazing location for Xmas lights. This golf course country club had the entire grounds covered in Xmas decorations and displays. It took about 30 min to drive around it all. Thank you so much Gerry &Read more
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Day 28
Monday, January 2, 2017 at 1:00 PM
🌫 8 °C
Altitude: 240 m
United States Polish Hill 40.457087, -79.97514740°27’26” N 79°58’31” W
The Strip, Downtown Pittsburgh
January 2, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 8 °C
A great coffee in the best location in Pittsburgh. The finest espresso coffee you'll find in Pittsburgh in the Strip District.
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Day 29
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM
🌧 6 °C
Altitude: 352 m
United States Pittsburgh International Airport 40.495414, -80.24570140°29’43” N 80°14’45” W
Homeward Bound
January 3, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Well the first of three legs to get back to Brisbane. Killing a little time here at Pittsburgh International waiting for our first leg to Detroit, a pretty short flight but then we'll veg out in the lounge in Detroit for about 2 hours before our flight to LAX.Read more
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Trip end
January 3, 2017