Pittsburgh!!

So driving to Pittsburgh was intense, and really, just the Pennsylvania stretch was the toughest. It's a HUGE state, who knew? So we left NH at about 1:30, and went through Massachusetts, New York, we caught a glimpse of the city skyline off in the distance...and then through New Jersey, and then the dreaded Pennsylvania. But luckily there were several fun tunnels to drive through. We got to Alyona and Matt's at about 2am. Alyona was so nice and had waited up for us, and fed us tacos and a cold Russian soup she had made herself. It was good! Unfortunately we didn't get to see Matt cuz he was asleep when we got there, and had to leave for work early in the morning...and we didn't get up until almost 10. But I got to catch up with Alyona and meet her cat Solntse (which is Russian for sunshine). It was fun seeing her; I'm glad we made the stop. And Pittsburgh seems like a cool city. Nate thought it was too ghetto, but I liked it.