11th Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Seattle
Ride, walk, eat, walk.......
After getting up at 4:30 and traveling for 12 hours we arrived at our B & B tired and hungry. It is a big beautiful old house in
slight disrepair in Capitol Hill, an area near downtown Seattle. Our
room is on the second floor and we have a balcony looking our over Lake
Washington. Mount Rainer is visible straight ahead. It is a …
First Trip on the Dreamliner
Living in Seattle one hears a lot about Boeing and for years we had watched Boeing build the new 787 Dreamliner, the first jet made out of composite carbon material. We wanted to plan a trip that would allow us to fly on the Dreamliner and the only one flying the plane when we started planning was ANA Airlines and we wanted to visit somewhere new. Tony found us a itinary to Singapore on ANA on the Dreamliner through Narita so that fit the bill.
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Sleepless in Seatle
I arrived in Seattle yesterday.The trip down was pretty good - 4 hours on the bus.When we arrived at the American border we all had to get out and unload the luggage to enter the customs office. Those American border protection guys are sure not to be messed with ( not like our friendly Aussie ones) They really intimidate you as you get fingerprinted etc. Then I had to pay $6 Who knows why,but I wasn't go to argue! ...
Crossing the First Threshold
I could hardly believe my eyes as the plane plummeted through the cloud layers and I again touched back down into contact with the Earth. The sky had bore me across the great nation as I flew away from my home at hundreds of miles an hour, streaking in triumph across the sky. I saw the country unfold before me as time and space were divined into the cornfields by my restless mind. I stepped out of the airplane into the first real stop on ...
In the immortal words of Jim Morrison ...
... late. As it was, the agent had to ask a supervisor to open the flight so that our bags would get on. And then we had to show our passports again and go through U.S. Customs and security. It’s nice that you can clear U.S. Customs in Canada because that treats your flight as a domestic flight, so when you land in the U.S. you can just deplane and claim your bag and be on your way. On the other hand, it’s a pain to have to do all that in Canada if you’re in a ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking