Sunday, July 02, 2006
Travel Log - Day 10 (Pittsburgh at last!)
I woke up on day 10 with a real excited feeling - as this was the day we were finally going to Pittsburgh. We woke up early and left straight away to La Guardia Airport. The flight from New York to Pittsburgh was quite enjoyable, it only took an hour and a half and it was much less packed than the Red Eye we took earlier.
The first thing I did after touching down in Pittsburgh was purchase a Post-Gazette newspaper from the airport. At first it was great to actually buy the paper I had been reading online for many years - but then I realised it was a bit of a waste as I only read three articles from the sports section.
We took a Shuttle bus downtown, and checked into our hotel. Most hotels have a mint on your pillow to welcome you - the one we stayed at handed out cookies (which was muchly appreciated). Anyway, after dropping off our bags and scoping out the hotel room (much nicer compared to the one we just left) we set off to pick up the hockey tickets.
I really liked the Pittsburgh room - no neo-romantic Ostro-Goths here
Once we left the hotel and started looking for the building to pick up our tickets we saw that Mellon Arena was literally across the road from us. Being this close to The Igloo was another dream come true, and the hockey flags around the place just topped it off.
Mellon Arena - Terror goes into over-time
One of the flags around the 'Burgh
The place we picked our hockey tickets up was pretty cool in itself - as it was Mario Lemieux's actual office. The decorations around the room were very nice too - especially the next-game countdown.
A little display outside the ticket office
Time until the next Pen's home game. I would be lying if I didn't think of ripping it off the wall and running!
I'm sure this paper sold a few copies
Fleury's distinctive pads can be seen in the foreground
After picking up the tickets we went straight to the Arena to see if the memorabilia store was open, fortunately (unfortunately for my wallet) it was. I had another "WOW! This is awesome" moments when we stepped inside - looking at a sea of Black and Gold. All the Penguins stuff was cool and we bought lots of it!
The first thing I bought - a Crosby Pens home jersey
Wearing this in Melbourne - I'm sure some people are wondering when Bing played Ice Hockey
A couple of sweet hoodies, for the casual man about the town
Don't get me wrong - I'm not the kind of guy that normally wears leather jackets. But this jacket is just awesome - and will be treasured for years
The only things I got from the Pens store here is the shot glass and cool tiny replica of a goalies mask. The plastic cup was filled with sprite at one of the Pens games
My final purchase seen in action - next to my computer desk
The first thing I did after touching down in Pittsburgh was purchase a Post-Gazette newspaper from the airport. At first it was great to actually buy the paper I had been reading online for many years - but then I realised it was a bit of a waste as I only read three articles from the sports section.
We took a Shuttle bus downtown, and checked into our hotel. Most hotels have a mint on your pillow to welcome you - the one we stayed at handed out cookies (which was muchly appreciated). Anyway, after dropping off our bags and scoping out the hotel room (much nicer compared to the one we just left) we set off to pick up the hockey tickets.
I really liked the Pittsburgh room - no neo-romantic Ostro-Goths here
Once we left the hotel and started looking for the building to pick up our tickets we saw that Mellon Arena was literally across the road from us. Being this close to The Igloo was another dream come true, and the hockey flags around the place just topped it off.
Mellon Arena - Terror goes into over-time
One of the flags around the 'Burgh
The place we picked our hockey tickets up was pretty cool in itself - as it was Mario Lemieux's actual office. The decorations around the room were very nice too - especially the next-game countdown.
A little display outside the ticket office
Time until the next Pen's home game. I would be lying if I didn't think of ripping it off the wall and running!
I'm sure this paper sold a few copies
Fleury's distinctive pads can be seen in the foreground
After picking up the tickets we went straight to the Arena to see if the memorabilia store was open, fortunately (unfortunately for my wallet) it was. I had another "WOW! This is awesome" moments when we stepped inside - looking at a sea of Black and Gold. All the Penguins stuff was cool and we bought lots of it!
The first thing I bought - a Crosby Pens home jersey
Wearing this in Melbourne - I'm sure some people are wondering when Bing played Ice Hockey
A couple of sweet hoodies, for the casual man about the town
Don't get me wrong - I'm not the kind of guy that normally wears leather jackets. But this jacket is just awesome - and will be treasured for years
The only things I got from the Pens store here is the shot glass and cool tiny replica of a goalies mask. The plastic cup was filled with sprite at one of the Pens games
My final purchase seen in action - next to my computer desk
# posted by Joel Dixon @ 4:45 PM 
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