Summary of day one.

Sunday evening they finally arrived, a few minutes late but the plane had to wait before being able to land cause of the heavy air traffic.
Told me that no problems occured in Atlanta, not even big waiting times at the immigration and customs desks.
And even their baggage arrived.
After coming home and some chatting they unpacked, we ate some pizza and went to bed.

On Monday I tried (emphasis on tried) to re-install XP on my own laptop but failed miserably. After 2.5 hours I just gave up and took my parents to the Waterfront where we did some shopping. After that we headed out to the Strip District but apparently several shops were closed due to Labor Day. But we did get some fruit and veggies.
I decided to drive them around Pittsburgh a bit and show them Squirrel Hill so they can get around a bit. After a short recess at my place I wanted to get them a cell phone but both Radioshack and Verizon Wireless were closed. Since my mom doesn't listen to what I say she didn't have any walking shoes with her.
And she started complaining about all the walking and not having the right footwear for it(...)
So we drove to DSW at the Waterfront and got some good walking shoes for her.
Dinner was the next logical step but finding a restaurant in Squirrel Hill which was open turned out to be quite the challenge. Too bad La Filipiana and Bangkok Balcony were closed so we ended up at Gullifty's. The food was good but sitting right next to the jazz band was a little bit too much.
Although the advantage of my mom not being able to chat away was quite enjoyable haha!