Snook and I with Pittsburgh's Diplodocus
After our week in Charlottesville, Josh and I drove up to Ann Arbor, MI for a few days. On the way I had the opportunity to visit my great friend Snook in Pittsburgh, where she goes to school at Pitt. I had never been to see her college town before, so we got a whirlwind tour of campus, which is in the Oakland neighborhood of the city. First stop was the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (where Snook works) which is surrounded by several nice parks and dinosaur models.
Pitt's Cathedral of Learning
Nearby was the Cathedral of Learning, the main landmark of the University of Pittsburgh campus, and 42 stories high. Since we were there on a Sunday, a lot of the supposedly really cool nationality rooms were closed, but we took the elevator up to the Honors College, where we had a great view of the city. Also in the same area was the home plate where Babe Ruth hit his last home run (the plate is now preserved on the floor of the academic building which now stands where the stadium once was).
Pittsburgh from above
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