Seattle, part 1

The flight to Seattle turned out to be pretty smooth, the kids kept quiet and our ipods provided the soundtrack to the journey. We arrived around 9.30pm waited for our bags anticipating one of the sleepless children to loose an arm on the baggage claim.

Seattle looked absolutely beautiful from the taxi, the car travelling alongside the skyline with the harbour to our left. We checked in around 10.30pm, dropped off our bags and headed to the roof deck for a panoramic view of the city. The Space Needle illuminated and standing tall. It was wonderful to be finally hear. Both being followers of the Seattle Music scene in the early nineties it’s a place we have always wanted to visit.

Number one place to visit in the guide books is Pikes Place Market. A huge market place full of fresh food stalls, mainly seafood. The most famous being the Pikes Place Fish Market where they throw your order from the front and wrap it up for you. It’s a bit of a show. All through the market are small stalls selling homemade arts and crafts. I bought a really nice journal, sketchbook made from hand made recycled paper with a leather cover. There’s just tons of stuff and a great views of the harbour.

We went to one of Seattle's micro breweries and had a couple of really good beers. Shame the food wasn’t up to much. Cheap burgers at double the price, not a great day for food. Spent the evening at a ball game and introduced ourselves to garlic fries which were superb and put the obligatory hot dog to shame. The Seattle Mariners stadium was a work of art with a retractable roof so none of the games can be rained off. Tonight it was sun all the way. We had seats on the top tier behind home plate. The stadium was about half full, great family atmosphere. Later in the game we moved round the side so we could see the city skyline and the sun go down. Sadly the Mariners lost despite the crowds best efforts.

I thinks that’s enough for now, I’ll try and write some more tomorrow.

Cheers.