Flight to Pittsburgh

This morning I had to get up early(ish) for my flight to Pittsburgh.  I had worked out that I needed to leave by 8.30am to make sure I got to the airport in time, with a margin for delays, and in the end, that proved to be more than adequate.  The incoming plane was late, so we were late leaving and late arriving into Pittsburgh.  The ride was a bit bumpy over the edges of the lake, but was uneventful otherwise.  I booked a Supershuttle to take me to my hotel, which is very good value really at $23 each way.  It's quite a way from the airport to the hotel, and they'll come to pick me up again on Tuesday at 7.30am to return to the airport.

Pittsburgh is nothing like I thought it would be.  Perhaps it's because the centre of town has undergone an extensive revitalisation, but there again, I'm staying in the Cultural District where many of the buildings look quite old, and there's bricked pavements most places, rather than just concrete.  In some ways, it reminds me of the historic parts of Boston.  The whole centre is quite a bit smaller than I had imagined too - the map makes it look like it's quite a hike from my hotel to anywhere, but it's not.

I have a top-floor (9th floor) room in this hotel, bizarrely with a room number almost the same as I had in my Chicago hotel.  However, the view is even worse here, as it seems the hotel is a hollow rectangle shape and my room is on the inside side, so all I can see is across a gap into other rooms.  However, the room is at least twice as large as the Chicago one.  The price is also twice as large.