SPRING WILL SOON COME BACK TO PITTSBURGH

The weather is getting better in these latitudes. Although this has not been the worst or the
standard winter in Pitt, for someone like me accustomed to good weather this last years, has been tough enough.

The temperature has been increasing these last weeks and hopefully soon, the nature will explode with its already known feast of colors (this is so poetic!).

Anyway, I am writing today because, next September the first braves from Spain will come to visit us to Pittsburgh and, although they have already some plans regarding their visit to USA, it is a good moment to summarize what can be expected to found in Pitt and surroundings. Here we go:

I think that in 2 or 3 days the visitor can see the most relevant things of Pitt. Among them:


o Andy Warhol museum: The pop art father is maybe the most universal Pittsburghian. The museum is full with the most relevant works from
this prolific artist, throughout his career.

o Strip district: On Saturday morning you should visit the Strip district, the most famous local market. There, you can find food from the most representative cultures: South American, Asiatic, Arabic, Greek, Italian. Diversity is guaranteed. Every product is offered with the peculiar American taste. To finish the visit to the Strip is highly recommended to visit Primanti brother’s restaurant. Their sandwiches, topped with French fries, coleslaw and tomatoes are well known in Pitt. This is a traditional restaurant where long time ago, during the Great Depression times, miners and factory workmen used to order their meal before starting their night shift.

o Washington mountain: Gorgeous night sight of Pitt’s downtown.
Also, visitors enjoy the incline experience. Long time ago, the workforce and poor sector of the population lived here. They had to take the inclines to go work daily. Nowadays, it is a recreational area with really expensive apartments.

o Sports: Pittsburgh is homeland of 3 important professional teams: the Stealers, from the NFL (National Football League), the Penguins from the NHL (National Hockey League) and the Pirates from the MLB (Major League Baseball). Any of this games is a life time experience so I encourage visitors to go to the stadium, arena or rink.

o Nightlife: Although the American nightlife is not comparable with Spanish nightlife (apart from NY and a few other metropolis), it is a nice experience too. You can enjoy the American way of life in cool areas with great atmospheres like Southside and Strip district.

o Shopping and recreational areas in our neighborhood: Walnut street and Ellsworth Avenue, in Shadyside neighborhood, are nice areas near our home.


There is much more in Pitt: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Science Center, Shelley Park, Cathedral of Learning, Heinz Museum, etc, so we can find other alternatives to spend your vacations time.


Great excursions from Pitt:

o Niagara falls: 4 hours by car from Pitt. Located in Canada, really near from the border line.

http://www.infoniagara.com/

o Fallingwater: 2 hours by car from Pitt.

http://www.inusa.com/tour/pa/laurel/fallingw.htm


See you soon then,

ALSALOME

Link to the Video

Hello brothers,

Regarding the question, how do I watch the videos?

You have to scroll-down the vertical bar till the end. The last elements are:

Friendly blogs
Photos from Friends
Personal Photos
Personal Videos
Link to Youtube

The video is in the Personal Videos' section.

Maybe the blog's layout is a little confusing and this elements are not easily visible, but this is what I have up to now.

Regarding Lost, brothers, I highly recommend this serie and, of course Alvaro, you know who my constant is: the link between my past life in Spain and my present-future life in USA has 5 letters and begins with S ;-)


Take it easy,

ALSALOME

Some news in the Blog

Hello my friends,

I am glad to hear that some of you will make the effort and will try to come to Vigo. If finally this is not possible, dont worry, I hope we will see each other in your first visit to USA ;-)

OK, let go straight to the main news,

I have linked an album with photos from Pittsburgh, so you have a little idea about where we live.

And the big surprise for today, is the link to the video 'wedding-Patri&alvaro's speech', a short video nominated for best performance, best plot, best script, best actor, best actress. ..

How brave my friends are, talking in front of almost 100 people!!!!! What divine words and incredible performance!!! I am proud of both of you!!!!

Regards to everybody,

ALSALOME

Ideas for my new blog

Hello again,

One of the ideas that I have regarding this blog is to link my friends' best albums. So, the situation would be this; if you have any album (picassa, flickr, wherever or whatever) in which we had a good time together and you want to share it, you can send it to me. I would link it to my blog. For instance, I am still waiting for my bachelor party's photos!

Short videos would work too. I promise to link some of my wedding videos soon, courtesy of my future brother in law, Mathew. Of course, if any one of you have some of the momentazos from my wedding , I would appreciate if you send them too.

An important comment; my blog wont be public. I am only giving permission to my friends. The most part of you already know each other. Basically, family and friends from Vigo, Santiago, USA and Barcelona.

I will try to write, at least, monthly, so nobody forgets us. Thus, I will keep you updated on our life in Pittsburgh or wherever we are in the future. Maybe the first month I will write more often, because I want to give as much content as possible to the new blog.

Any new idea to enhance the blog will be welcome,

Regards,

ALSALOME

First message and travel to Vigo

Hello to everybody,

This is my first writing in my new blog. At this point is really a basic blog. My intention is to upgrade it throughout the next weeks.

The languages that I will be using in my blog will be English, Galego or Spanish. The first months I will try to write everything in English, so I can improve my writing skills. I think that most part of you will be able to understand it. Furthermore, It will be a good way to practise your English too! And excuse me if a make too many mistakes, but this is part of the learning process.

Today, the most important news that I have to tell you is that I will be flying to Vigo on May, 14. I will stay in Galicia for the next 2 weeks, coming back to Pitt on May, 27. I hope to see most of you in Vigo. Since I am only staying for 2 weeks, possibly I wont be able to visit all of you who are out of Galicia, so I wish some of you can visit Vigo at this time.

See you soon,

ALSALOME