Day 119 - Seattle, Washington, USA
Day 119 – 5th October 2005 -8:00 GMT
Seattle is the coffee capital of the world there is a Starbucks every 100 hundreds yards or less a Tulleys Coffee and Seattle’s Best Coffee in between every Starbucks. They have a Starbucks opposite another Starbucks so you don’t have to cross the road. People in Seattle like Coffee. Reece and I had a wander around Pike Street Market first thing and saw the Pike Market Fish Company throwing fish around like they do on a daily basis to entertain the customers. A fish flying through the air and over your head is a usual sight. The market is pretty cool with lots of quirky shops that sell everything from Antiques to Persian Rugs.
I’d been up for over an hour now so needed some Seattle Coffee, from where I was standing I could only see 5 coffee places, this makes it a difficult choice, until I saw the sign Seattle’s best coffee. Unfortunately it wasn’t. Although Reece tells me the Latte is good. We then walked along 1st Avenue and up Bell Street. We then zigzagged between 5th and 4th Avenue checking out the shops on route. Had a look around the Westlake Centre, which is a mall.
Outside Westlake Centre
Then back to the hostel to meet Jill. Jill was now dressed and showered so we headed out again and wandered along the waterfront past all the piers. A huge 127 carriage train thundered past (yes I counted all the carriages) and we waited to for it to pass before we could cross the tracks and head up Broad Street.
Modern Art at the Seattle Centre
We visited the Seattle centre which is a park in which there is a collection of museums and the famous Space Needle.
The Space Needle
The Space needle is 605 ft high and gives you excellent views over Seattle and on a clear day the surrounding mountains. Lucky for us it was a fairly clear day and we could see for quite a few miles in all directions.
View of Seattle City Centre
View of Seattle
View of Seattle
View of Seattle
We spent just under an hour at the space needle and then caught the monorail which is newly built back into the city centre.
Me outside the Space Needle
Here we stopped at the Westlake Centre and had some Indian Food. Back to the hotel for a rest before heading out again, this time Jill lead the way we walked about 20 blocks up Pike Street and stopped at a Elysian micro brewery where we sampled a pitcher or two of there beer and had some food. We spent a few hours in the bar before making our way back down to the hostel.
Seattle is the coffee capital of the world there is a Starbucks every 100 hundreds yards or less a Tulleys Coffee and Seattle’s Best Coffee in between every Starbucks. They have a Starbucks opposite another Starbucks so you don’t have to cross the road. People in Seattle like Coffee. Reece and I had a wander around Pike Street Market first thing and saw the Pike Market Fish Company throwing fish around like they do on a daily basis to entertain the customers. A fish flying through the air and over your head is a usual sight. The market is pretty cool with lots of quirky shops that sell everything from Antiques to Persian Rugs.
I’d been up for over an hour now so needed some Seattle Coffee, from where I was standing I could only see 5 coffee places, this makes it a difficult choice, until I saw the sign Seattle’s best coffee. Unfortunately it wasn’t. Although Reece tells me the Latte is good. We then walked along 1st Avenue and up Bell Street. We then zigzagged between 5th and 4th Avenue checking out the shops on route. Had a look around the Westlake Centre, which is a mall.
Outside Westlake Centre
Then back to the hostel to meet Jill. Jill was now dressed and showered so we headed out again and wandered along the waterfront past all the piers. A huge 127 carriage train thundered past (yes I counted all the carriages) and we waited to for it to pass before we could cross the tracks and head up Broad Street.
Modern Art at the Seattle Centre
We visited the Seattle centre which is a park in which there is a collection of museums and the famous Space Needle.
The Space Needle
The Space needle is 605 ft high and gives you excellent views over Seattle and on a clear day the surrounding mountains. Lucky for us it was a fairly clear day and we could see for quite a few miles in all directions.
View of Seattle City Centre
View of Seattle
View of Seattle
View of Seattle
We spent just under an hour at the space needle and then caught the monorail which is newly built back into the city centre.
Me outside the Space Needle
Here we stopped at the Westlake Centre and had some Indian Food. Back to the hotel for a rest before heading out again, this time Jill lead the way we walked about 20 blocks up Pike Street and stopped at a Elysian micro brewery where we sampled a pitcher or two of there beer and had some food. We spent a few hours in the bar before making our way back down to the hostel.
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