Pittsburgh - Day 12, Feb. 22

Today we drove through what we call "Pennsylpainia." Up and down hills, mostly up, it seemed. As it was possible to hit snow in the afternoon, we started off nice and early. It seems like our first day on our trip in some ways, as it is our first day alone. It was about 350 miles and we are at a Wyndham hotel in the university area. We got a little lost getting here. A lot of people wonder why we don't have GPS, but, honestly, we enjoy getting lost sometimes and today was one of those days. I have to confess that we did end up calling the hotel to get directions and we were about three miles away from it. Then, we walked (in the rain) by the U of Pittsburgh and by Carnegie-Mellon. We had hoped to go to the Natural History Museum, but...closed on Mondays. Instead, we went into the Heinz Chapel on the Pitt campus, a neo-Gothic building with beautiful stained glass windows. Then, we ate at a little restaurant, "The Indian Spice Tea Room." Mark had written the place down as somewhere he wanted to eat, but...he has no idea where he got the suggestion from. It was good, not fancy and not something that he got from a tv show. Hmmm. If anyone who reads this suggested it to us, please let us know!