Pike Place Market Seattle

After another standard hotel breakfast (the novelty is wearing off now) we hopped in the car and drove down to the Bank of America tower on Columbia/5^th Ave and went up to the 73^rd floor for some amazing views over Seattle – and only cost $19.00 for us all (as compared to $80+ for the Space Needle near our hotel). We …

Het is alweer een tijd geleden dat we een aantal keer per nacht wakker werden..zoals rond 4 uur. Meest ben ik als eerste wakker rond 7 uur en merk dan rond 7.30 uur dat ook San wakker aan het worden is. Op dat moment ben ik al zo wakker dat hij niet veel tijd krijgt om echt verder te slapen en stap ik onder de douche.
Ontbijten doen we vrijwel …

Our first full day in Seattle began with a cup of coffee and a slice of cake for breakfast.

Then we headed to where all tourists go: the Pike Place Market. We stopped at Piroshky Piroshky per our friend Myriem's suggestion and split a ham, cheese and spinach piroshky. We walked by the original Starbucks and then headed to Three Girls …

After a long time on a bus, from Whistler to Vancouver, we arrived in Seattle. Coming into the city at night is pretty, with the space needle glowing above the skyline.

From the bus station it was a 5 minute walk to where we were staying, unfortunately we got lost and it turned into a 10 minute walk, a tantrum and a then a taxi ride to …

I have just arrived in Seattle after a nice 5 hour train journey past Mount Vernon from Vancouver, and was happy to see the clouds get less and less the further south I went. The weather here is pretty mild in comparison :)

First discovery is the brilliant public transport system which is free (!) in the downtown part of the city, and is …

I caught the greyhound to SEATTLE on Wednesday morning at 10:20am and the bus ride down was relaxing well in my eyes it was. As I wanted to see how different the country was and I wasn't disappointed either. The tall pine tress must have been at least 50-60 ft tall and the country was so green Seattle was very simlar to Vancouver with regard to the …

While stationed on USS Oldendorf (DD-972) our ship participated in the 1994 Seattle Seafair Fleet Week. While there I decided to participate in the Seafair Torchlight Run. This was an 8K run that started and finished at the Kingdome. The race began at 6:40 p.m. and 53 minutes and 26 seconds later I crossed the finish line to celebrate another …

On the way to Seattle, we stopped at another Roadfood recommended restaurant: Frank's in Spokane, WA. A converted railway car that was formerly used for presidents of the Pacific Railroad line, it was converted into a restaurant and served patrons in Seattle for 40+ years before losing its land lease in the mid-90s. It then moved to Spokane, where …

I awoke early. People were leaving early. I pushed open the blind above my head to see what time it was. Daylight. I was greeted with the view and message that "Hawaii is closer than ever". Is it? I put my head down and dosed in and out of sleep until 8.15am when I got up and showered and went to investigate the hostels free breakfast.

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Had a few great days in the Seattle, Washington area, spent time downtown and also out and about in the outskirts of town. We took the time to see the downtown vicinity at night on our first night in. Really this was great as we were able to see the streets, drive around some, and get a better feel for the area, somewhere we are curious about …

... books (literally ascending/descending down the building) designed by Coolhouse - my dad would be proud of me. Then Pike Place market and lunch in the Athenium restaurant overlooking the river/sea, where we had clam chowder and scallops and sat in the ...

... plucked straight off the highway. He had one big shiny silver eye and looked quite mischievous. We were shown the Pike Place Market in the centre of Seattle and the first Starbucks Coffee Shop in the world. We parked at the Dubliners Irish Pub, and had ...

... in Seattle you can be hit in the face by a dead fish. Failing to rise at the needed time I wandered round to Pike Place Market, where said fish go a flying between sellers, to take a look around what is called the 2nd oldest market in America and ...

... avert a tragedy and stay for 3 nights. Paul, Dustin and there friend Josh took us out for the day in Seattle, we went to Pike Place Market http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Place and the Space Needle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_needle. In ...

... 'began here yet the city and region are known for their hatred of corporate America.  The contradictions continued with the Pike Place Market ending where all of the major chain stores began.  The core of the city is filled with enough shops to ...

... eating some nachos covered in all sorts of crap. We decide to head back into the city. We explore more of the Pike Place market, watch a cool band perform outside the first Starbucks, we buy some Yuppie coffee from a fancy coffee house, sit and talk ...

... with their original entrances without going on the tour. We then walked down to the waterfront and along it to Pike Place Market. They have some really interesting stores there and it is definitely worth looking at. In the evening we watched the ...

... all around, including the Space Needle, The Water Front, Green Lake, Ballard, Golden Gardens (with Mike Beard!), Seattle Center, Pike Place Market, The original Starbucks, The Gum Wall, and Kerry Park. Issaquah, Rattle Snake Lake and Snoqualmie ...

... ; Are you ready for the influx of food? If food doesn't interest you, skip ahead 4 paragraphs now! Seattle is famous for it's market- Pike Place Market (which, while heralded as the best market in the North West here, is actually not all that different ...

... and nothing else! Even most of the plumbing has been disconnected!!!! Still it was bed and it was clean!! Explored Pike Place market. Was so alive, with all kinds of weird and wonderful stalls and shops....selling evrything, including the most amazing ...