PITTSBURGH 13th Aug: The city has a hill town charm to it and a visual variety fairly uncommon to cities in US. My first destination in the city--The Balaji temple, better know as the SV temple, which lies to the east of piitsburgh. Its beautiful, but could not help the feeling of conflict at the temple. The people around me were indians but they were all speaking in the American accent, which seemed so out of place. Their 'sorrys' and 'excuse me' just did not fit in. the Temple had a dining hall that could easily have been that of a resturant in India. There were tissue boxes on the table, water fountains for drinking water. No sun, no breeze, the entire place is air conditioned. I welcomed myself to America.