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Apparently you never get a day in Seattle without clouds. The place must be a bit abnormal currently as the blue sky has yet to be marred by any white or fluffy. Yesterday I went for a walk up Queen Anne hill to the lookout and thanks to the clear weather got a great view right past the Sky Needle (I refuse to be igven grief about not experiencing this touristing hihglight, all towers are the same and it's nice to be able to take a photograph that includes the architectural feature once in a while- big ups for citites with hills), over the city and out to Mt Ranier which the guidebooks say is lucky to get. If you were needing inpiration to write about some mythical mountain where the goal of a great quest, probably involving a dragon, lay then this semi-dormant volcano would be a good place to start what with its snow covered cone rising up out of the mists hounding its base.
Once again I have been getting the feeling of just being carried along on a wave of good fortune. I gave up on the idea of stopping in Rapid City and going to Mt Rushmore as it was turning out to be one of those places that would be pretty much impossible without a car and there wasn't really anywhere to stay bar hotels. So this meant that I arrived in Seattle a day ahead of schedule, on the way I had called both the hostels in the city only to learn that both were full, so it was looking like an uncomfortable night in the Greyhound station. But I figured that I might as well try and hope that there had been a cancellation or something and thankfully this was the case - a hostel bed never felt so good. Both of the places here are really good with teh best feature being a really extensive complimentary breakfast - eat that Chicago you overpriced so and so.
This hour of free internet is coming to you from a prety amazing library. You get a lot of building for $135 million and there are 300 computer stations to choose from!!!
I just about cried this morning at breakfast when I was reading the local free newspaper and reached the gig guide to see that Kings of Leon had played in town on Saturday night. And all I did was go to a baseball game, dammit.
The whole Seattle area is really beautiful, kind of similar to home with lots of mountains, water, pine trees etc. The harbour setting sets up some pretty impressive views, the city has a huge port and judging by the names of the ships and on the sides of the containers is where most of the trade imbalance with China arrives.
The Pike Place Farmers Market is a lot of fun with a huge array of every type of produce. The highlight, however touristy, is definitely the fish stall where they throw the fish around and all yell out in unison, kind of hard to explain but compelling viewing. There were some Alaskan crab legs there that had to be over a foot long I was trying to picture what the creature would look like whole.
Today I have been up to Bruce Lee's grave and am about to head out to where Jimi is buried. Oh yeah - Matt - I made it up to Espresso Vivace and finally got a good coffee in America.
Once again I have been getting the feeling of just being carried along on a wave of good fortune. I gave up on the idea of stopping in Rapid City and going to Mt Rushmore as it was turning out to be one of those places that would be pretty much impossible without a car and there wasn't really anywhere to stay bar hotels. So this meant that I arrived in Seattle a day ahead of schedule, on the way I had called both the hostels in the city only to learn that both were full, so it was looking like an uncomfortable night in the Greyhound station. But I figured that I might as well try and hope that there had been a cancellation or something and thankfully this was the case - a hostel bed never felt so good. Both of the places here are really good with teh best feature being a really extensive complimentary breakfast - eat that Chicago you overpriced so and so.
This hour of free internet is coming to you from a prety amazing library. You get a lot of building for $135 million and there are 300 computer stations to choose from!!!
I just about cried this morning at breakfast when I was reading the local free newspaper and reached the gig guide to see that Kings of Leon had played in town on Saturday night. And all I did was go to a baseball game, dammit.
The whole Seattle area is really beautiful, kind of similar to home with lots of mountains, water, pine trees etc. The harbour setting sets up some pretty impressive views, the city has a huge port and judging by the names of the ships and on the sides of the containers is where most of the trade imbalance with China arrives.
The Pike Place Farmers Market is a lot of fun with a huge array of every type of produce. The highlight, however touristy, is definitely the fish stall where they throw the fish around and all yell out in unison, kind of hard to explain but compelling viewing. There were some Alaskan crab legs there that had to be over a foot long I was trying to picture what the creature would look like whole.
Today I have been up to Bruce Lee's grave and am about to head out to where Jimi is buried. Oh yeah - Matt - I made it up to Espresso Vivace and finally got a good coffee in America.
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