Monday in Pittsburgh

Heinz Chapel at Pitt

View of Carnegie-Mellon from the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt

Carnegie-Mellon quad with Cathedral of Learning in the background.

October 11, 2o1o, that is. Such a long time ago, now! We left Cleveland fairly early and our GPS navigation system got us to the hotel -- a Holiday Inn located between Pitt and Carnegie-Mellon -- without too much trouble. We parked the car in the parking garage & never moved it again. It was still unseasonably warm, and the area was pretty hilly, too. So walking was pretty strenuous compared to the flat walks I have been used to lately. We ate lunch in the Carnegie-Mellon student center -- an all-you-can eat soup & salad bar, plus Jeff had some desserts. The food was very good and very reasonably priced. We sat in a room off to the side; it was nice & quiet, sort of like a faculty dining room, with few students. We walked about Carnegie-Mellon and back to the block at the edge of Pitt that contained the skyscraper Cathedral of Knowledge, the Stephen Foster memorial, and the Heinz Chapel. I decided not to pay the $3 to see the classrooms decked out in various international decorations, but we did go up to the top floor open to the public for the view. Then Jeff went back to the hotel room -- all tired out -- and I went to the Heinz Chapel, which had very beautiful stained glass windows in a medieval style. I also liked the exhibits in the Stephen Foster memorial, which also contained a theater. For dinner, we again decided not to go out and ate in the hotel dining room.