A few weekends ago, Tyler and I took a little trip up to Seattle. And being the worst documenter ever, I left my camera home. Bear with me as I overcome my weaknesses.
This is one of three pictures I took the entire weekend. Fail.
We took the train from Portland to Seattle, which was thoroughly enjoyable! We heard from many people that it is a beautiful ride full of gorgeous scenery. We wished that we went a couple of weeks later though, because there were only a few yellow leaves that were turning colors. If we had waited, I'm sure the view would have been even more stunning.
Since we traveled via train, we had no car and became experts in Seattle's modes of public transportation. And walked a ton. We left Friday morning and arrived in Seattle by noon. We basically spent the afternoon walking around Pike's, eating lunch, and grabbing this amazing gelato. Then we walked up to the Space Needle where our hotel was, and checked out all of the cool things in the area like the International Fountain. Then we checked into our hotel, crashed/napped because we were tired of traveling and walking all afternoon.
This is the amazing gelato. . . nutella and pistachio flavors!
International Fountain via
We then mustered up the courage to walk to Lunchbox Laboratory which was a few (emphasis on a few) blocks away from our hotel. Basically it's a cool hamburger joint and we really enjoyed it! But, for all who know me well, nothing can beat a classic Fuddrucker's burger in my humble-but-oh-so-correct opinion.
The next morning we wanted to see the Pacific Science Center, but it was closed for exhibit cleaning. So we settled on the next best thing: the iMax theater as PSC where we watching an awesome 3D movie about animals. Then we walked on down to the Sculptural Gardens to culture ourselves in modern art. Unfortunately, since it's right on the waterfront, it was extremely windy/rainy. And my husband, ever the thinker, did not bring a jacket with him. We then decided a shopping trip was in order for him to get a jacket since it was such a cold day.
We saw modern art sculptures like this
And this
Basically, we moseyed our way downtown where we went shopping, and saw more sights, again getting more delicious gelato. Probably our favorite place was the Waterfall Gardens. Then we made our way to Safeco Stadium where we went to see the Mariners v. Rangers game. (Of course we went to a baseball game!)
Waterfall Gardens, my picture really doesn't do it justice! Truly a mini oasis in downtown Seattle.
It was a really good game to see, close, but our Rangers won in the end. The only downfall was that Tyler refused to let me buy garlic fries.
We took public transportation back to our hotel room, where we then went swimming at the hotel. Guess who was in there with us? Some random couple from Paris. Yes, I sat next to a native Frenchman in the hot tub. They were visiting Seattle too, and we chatted so they could practice their conversational English. It was really cool!
The next morning we had to make it back to the train station and head home again. We had such a wonderful ride home! There is something about trains that I find highly romantic. And Hogwarts Express-esque. It was wonderful and we fun, relaxing trip! We can't wait to go back again!
