Entry 477: Pittsburgh Trip

Hopefully those of you reading this blog have deciphered that we are huge Kansas City Royals fans. We decided last year that we are going to try to take a trip to see the Royals play one road game a year, so this year we choose Pittsburgh. We weren't really sure what to expect when we got there, but it was an incredible time. We spent five days in Pittsburgh and were able to see the Pirates and Royals play on Saturday and Sunday. The Royals unfortunately lost both games, but that was the only thing that disappointed us for this trip. The hotel we had in downtown Pittsburgh was amazing. We stayed at the Cambria Suites at the Consol Energy Center which was neat because it was literally right next to the Consol Energy Center where the Pittsburgh Penguins play their hockey games. We try to stay in Choice Hotels as much as possible because we earn free stays and other perks from them and they actually gave us an unexpected perk at this hotel. When we checked in they upgraded us to a suite because we were Choice Hotels members and it was extremely nice. The icing on top of the cake though, was that the hotel also had free downtown transportation which we used all the time. PNC Park was absolutely gorgeous and everyone there was so friendly and nice (as we were leaving Saturday night someone even stopped us and welcomed us to Pittsburgh). Saturday the teams played in their Negro League uniforms and Boys II Men gave a free concert afterwards (we didn't stay for that, but we did hear them sing the national anthem). Sunday we had great seats and sat only 6 rows from the field and were able to yell at a lot of the Royals players. The best part is that on Sunday we walked across the Clemente Bridge to get to the game and the views were awesome. All in all a great time and these next posts will contain a lot of pictures.