A couple weeks ago I spent 5 days in Seattle, Washington with Jason. We were lucky enough to book a ridiculously cheap hotel for our stay. Apart of me was slightly apprehensive about this too-good-to-be-true situation, having stayed in and experienced the “quirks” of several cheap hotels during my life so far.
Luckily, the hotel was lovely. Complimentary breakfasts, cookies in the afternoon, a long balcony where you could see the space needle from and a shower head placed several comfortable feet above my head (I’m honestly only 6 feet tall, but there was this one time when the place I was staying at had the shower head at shoulder height, definitely makes washing long hair difficult!)
We of course visited Pike Place. Before going there I had been told it was Seattle’s version of Granville Island. There were many more merchants selling souvenirs and hand made items at Pike Place than I had expected. I bought a beautiful ceramic dish and met a few fellow artists.
Sadly I was without a pen, the entire sitting area is marked with names and dates and little notes from the past.
We also lost ourselves in this lovely antique shop that appeared tiny from the outside but stretched on for rooms and rooms and rooms. It was full of some of my favourite things, sparkly jewels and old trinkets.
Though I must admit visiting the very first Starbucks was the highlight of my day..
It’s tucked so neatly in between the other shops that we nearly walked right by it. For those of you who have never seen the original Starbucks logo, check it out..
On our way back to Canada we stoped in Everett to visit the Future of Flight Aviation Center where we went on the Boeing tour. We got to see various Boeing planes in different points of assembly. The building was absolutely huge. We had to take a shuttle between doors and travel by foot though underground tunnels to various viewing stations. Sadly I wasn’t allowed to take my camera with me, or any personal belongings or electronic devices for that matter (they’ve got a few pictures on their website). But I did get to capture a few shots in the museum!
Looks like fun!
Sweet trip. It’s nice to get away even if it’s kinda close!