Today was the day I visited my Mecca. Today was the day I visited Heinz Field.
Jen had to do a little bit of work this morning but when we were finished, we went to get a new memory card for my camera. There was a Radio Shack near our hotel. So we went there.
I love their salemanship. He pointed out the card we needed, but tried to sell us an "adaptor" we really didn't need, and adaptor which came with a 4 G card. Cost: $99. All we needed was the 1G, which was on sale for $19.00. We took the smaller one. I'll wait until I get home to upload my pictures (Expect a photo blog sometime next week).
After that, we got a bite to eat, and walked over to where the stadiums were. PNC Park, where the Pirates play, is right next to Heinz Field. Nice of Pittsburgh to make it convenient for the visiting sports fan.
I took a lot of pictures of the field. One of the gates on PNC Park was open and I was able to get a lot of good shots of the field.
Heinz Field was about a 15 minute walk from our hotel. Unfortunately, nothing was open. Online, it said that they had a Steelers store that was open all year. Not so. There was also a Great Hall. That was closed too.
But it was still a great experience for me. I was a fan of the Steelers since I was a kid, and this might be the only time I'm going to be here. So I decided to take advantage of my time in the city.
I have the best wife ever. She followed me over to field, and walked around the entire thing in a drizzling rain. She rocks.
Interesting thing, there are geese on the grounds of the stadium. The sidewalk in front of the main gate is pretty much covered in goose guano. It was like walking through a mine field. And, also, we were afraid of being attacked by the geese. Luckily we made it through alive.
Tonight, we went to another Pittsburgh landmark to eat-Primanti Brothers. This is a sandwich shop known for putting french fries and cole slaw on all of their sandwiches. The sandwiches look huge, but they went down easy.
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