Yesterday I arrived at my friend Ted’s house and spent a nice dinner with him and his wife and a few of our old friends, before waking up today and journeying down to the hotel we’re staying at tonight. Fred Zelt took us out on a tour of Pittsburgh. I learned a lot about this city, which I’ve only been to once, and only briefly. It just goes to show what you don’t know about what you don’t know. One thing I didn’t fully realize was that there are so many rivers and bridges - I guess that’s the “Three Rivers Stadium” idea. But I now know it’s the Ohio, the Allgeheny, and the, uh, M-something.
We went to Bicycle Heaven! That place is amazing. We could only be there for about 15 minutes but you could easily spend an entire day there. It reminded me (in spirit) of the pinball hall of fame in Las Vegas; it’s a one man show of one person’s dedication to cycling, and to collecting bicycles and bicycle memorabilia from all throughout American history, including such gems as Pee Wee’s original bike.
We also went up a funicular, which was awesome and really reminded me of Stuttgart.
Then we had german food at a Hofbrauhaus, and some amazing beer. I can’t wait to ride tomorrow. It’s so great to reconnect with old friends.
