Eric and Nancy's wedding!

Simon and I took a trip up to Pittsburgh, not quite Pittsburgh, a little South to a place called Linden Hall. We went to my nephew Eric's wedding. Linden Hall is an old old mansion which is now owned by the United Steel Workers. They have an 18 hole golf course and wonderful grounds for walking, biking or touring on the golf carts. The mansion is most beautiful and I couldn't help comparing to our mansion, Riversdale. Riversdale is more like a cottage compared to the size of Linden Hall. The wedding took place on the grounds and the reception was held inside the mansion. I don't know the history of the place and a tour was not available during our stay. While sitting down to dinner in the Grande Salon, I looked over at Simon and said, "This room is bigger than my whole house!" The restrooms were located down a spiraling stone staircase where you passed by the bowling alley/pool room. Simon said when he went to the men's room he saw a long tunnel down in the basement but didn't investigate. Wow! The bar tender told us that years ago the original owner had to sell the stained glass windows to make ends meet and they were bought by someone in Europe for 6.5 million! I don't recognize the architecture, but I'm thinking maybe Victorian-Gothic with a little touch of German. What a place. The wedding was beautiful. We had a great time. Beautiful bride and handsome groom! Of course, we worried about our puppies all the while we were gone. Apollo was staying at our house taking care of them. He said Mattie was a little put out that we were gone. This is the first time we left her. Usually we take her with us. She was not happy about all this. We'll give her extra treats this week. Mac didn't tear up the whole house. We were worried because he is just a puppy. Everything went well. We are happy to be home but we are also happy we took the time to get away.