Pittsburgh and Washington

Hello all - hope everyone is well. We've had another busy 5 days traveling from Cleveland - Pittsburgh etc. Anyway here's what we got up to:

Pittsburgh 7/05
After a short coach journey ( only 4 hrs!!!) we arrived at a very muggy Pittsburgh.We only stayed 2 nights but looking back we think 3 nights would've been better as it was another pleasant surprise.

Day1 - You may or may not know that the place is on a hill with 3 rivers running into it so, after walking around we got a cable car up the Mount Washington incline and got a fantastic view of the city. The hotel was a little out of the way so we just had some soup from a petrol station for tea and just played pool in the bar.

Day 2 - We explored downtown. Found this mint Mexican sandwich place where they were laughing at our accent and kept talking to us while we were eating - good crack. Afterwards we went across the river and went to the Andy Warhol museum which, if we are honest was a bit arty farty but saw some famous paintings. After we walked along the river towards the science museum passing a couple of stadiums along the way. Here we arrived late so we got in free and again because we were English got friendly with a coupe of workers there and got a guided tour of the place.. It was a really good afternoon. There was a sports centre where we tried our hand a pitching a baseball and golf swing etc. Rich got 53 mph pitch / Amy 30 mph. To put into context the Yankees fast bowler ( our new club) pitches at 85 mph ( which we think is slow compared to the Red Sox....lol)


Washington 9/05

Day1. Got here after a 9hour bus journey... but we have got ourselves used to the traveling. Our hotel again is basic but this time more central. We dropped our bags off, walked around and stumbled across this restaurant where you can sit at a community table with about 8 or 10 people instead of waiting for a table for 2.. so we did and met a couple from Texas who we went out with the following evening. After the meal we took a night time walk around the white house area.


Day2. It turns out the couple we met were very important people - so we tagged along with them for a bit ha ha lol. After visiting the white house we walked across to the reflecting pool where Lincoln memorial is. ( I had a nice moment early in the morning when I went for a run and ended up on the steps of the Lincoln memorial.. only me there!!!)



After this we carried on walking round Washington taking in all the sites.













Day3. A rainy day but we decided to hire bikes and go over to the Pentagon. We got soaked and lost and ended up on a 6 lane highway... bloody Amy with the map!!!!

And that's about for day 3 and Washington. Phili is the next stop so will speak to you then.


Take care

team RA xx

PS. Grandad - whats going on with Man City.....x