Travels with my Daughter: Days 19 and 20 Columbus to Pittsburgh

We began the day with breakfast at a French cafe in Dublin. There was a group of men there speaking French. We had French toast and it was different than most. A thin bread and a lemon taste at first bite. They also had the best coffee of the trip.

Off to Pittsburgh to spend time with Lisa, Kyle and Calvin! I haven’t seen them for over a year and they are our closest relatives to visit. On our way there we unexpectedly ended up in West Virginia. I quick turned on my phone data, we’ve almost used up our data so I try to keep it off, and looked for breweries. We had just passed two so we turned around to go check them out. The first wasn’t a brewery just a bar so we headed to the second one. It had just opened and was located across the street from a market. We had a flight that included one made with blood oranges, that was my favorite. It was a nice little brewery with a very industrial feel.

I left first and made a quick trip through the antique store we parked in front of down the street. I was hoping for some brew stuff for Duane but no luck. Then back in the car to finish the trip to Pittsburgh.

When we arrived Calvin decided he was going to be shy and not come out to meet us but it didn’t take long for him to warm up to us. We had a relaxing afternoon visiting, first inside and then out in the backyard under the shade of a Linden (?) tree. Lisa made a delicious dinner with salad and an easy eggplant parm. Kira had picked up a baguette before we left our breakfast place so we had that as well. Then it was ice cream and fruit for dessert and a singing of happy birthday to me. I should mention Kira bought me a sunflower umbrella at the plantation the other day for my birthday. It’s one I’ve looked at before but couldn’t justify buying, but as a present, yes!! Thank you!

I'll take a picture of you and you take a picture of me!

My first Mojito! Delicious!

Making the Mojitos

Sunday was a nice relaxing day for me. Lisa went to work and Kira took off to meet college friends for lunch. Kyle offered to take me to museums but I don’t really like art and was happy to just hang out and alternate between playing with Calvin and working on editing pictures. So that’s what we did. At times Clavin reminded me of Otto at that age. However, I think Calvin is much better at entertaining himself than Otto ever was. Calvin loves to play with cars and trains as well as splash in the pool and build sand castles. When Lisa returned from work we went out to eat at the Rivertowne Brewery down by the baseball stadium. Kira and I shared a flight and a Pierogi pizza. The pizza wasn’t really hot but the crust was delicious. They had a pineapple beer that tasted a lot like pineapple juice. Calvin loved his PBJ.