Seattle

We're back, and we had a great time. From the picture above you can get a birds eye view of our weekend. The picture is from the viewing deck of the Space Needle, in it you can see the Experience Music Project, downtown and Lake Union. From the other side of the viewing deck you could see the rest of downtown, Elliot Bay and the Olympic range.

We spent Saturday getting to Seattle and settling into our room before heading out to dinner. We ate at 94 Stewart, it was good, not as good as I had hoped, but decent enough for having picked it out based on internet reviews. Sunday we did the bulk of our exploring. We hit Pike Place Market, the monorail, the Experience Music Project/Sci-Fi Museum and the Space Needle. On Monday we met up with my cousin Brooke for an excellent breakfast at Portage Bay Cafe near the University of Washington campus. From there we sought out some more interesting things around Seattle, including, of course, the Fremont Troll.

In our day with Brooke we also checked out the view from Kerry Park up in the Queen Anne neighborhood, explored the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and sampled amazing chocolate at Theo Chocolate. It was good to see Brooke as the weather kept her up in Washington over Christmas break.

Overall, it was great to get out of Portland for a while and explore somewhere new, though not so new or wild that it was uncomfortable to visit.

-G