Seattle is for the Dogs

Day 1 of the Seattle/Vancouver trip.

We took the bus system. What a great public transportation system. $1.50 for pretty much any trip right downtown. Tons of buses everywhere you look and once you get downtown the buses are free for all.

First we went to Pike Place Market. Wow. It felt like I was in a foreign city. What great open air market ... the sights .. the smells .. almost overwhelming. A quick snack of cinnamon roll and coffee and a quick stroll up and down the street.

Next, we went down to Pioneer Square to see the Underground Tour recommended from a friend.
What a great tour. Great history lesson on the founding of the city and very entertaining tour guides.

Back down to Pike Place Market for a quick snack at Beechers (where they make cheese right there) and then off to find the Monorail. I kept thinking of the Simpons episode (which Jen had never seen).

Up a few blocks (the downtown area is not that large, easily walkable) .. on the way there Jen noticed a shop selling hot chocolate .. made not from powder, but melted chocolate .. something told me we would have to stop later. We hit the monorail ($4.00 round trip) to get to the Seattle Center (where the Space Needle is). A fun ride, but a bus ride would have been cheaper.

So Seattle Center is just a big tourist area (where the World's Fair was set up in the past) .. the Space Needle ($16.00 to ride it up? No thanks) .. a music and Sci-fi museum .. a mini amusement park (not in action in October) a food court and children's museum.

We ended the day .. walking in the rain (shocking) to the pier area where we had fish dinner and think we saw some sort of sea creature swimming around Elliot Bay. Also watched the ferries come in and out through the fog.

So .. through our walking through the streets .. noticed that Seattle is very dog friendly ... everyone had a dog it seemed. Downtown .. just odd.


Starbucks seen -> 8