After we left the (sorry again, but the guy thought to be really important) asshole at the border behind us, we were back in the States. The city Seattle is mainly known for music, legalisation of marihuana and the main location of Microsoft. We were lucky enough to find again super nice couchsurfers named Emily and Matthew (both in their late 20th). As time was running we had to shorten our program a bit and that’s why we directly started to discover downtown Seattle and the local market at the Waterfront. In addition we visited “Seattle Center”, which was the location for a world exhibition and is still used for all kinds of events and recreation possibilities. Here is also the Space Needle, which contributes in big parts to Seattle’s skyline.
But these were the highlights Seattle has to offer, why we asked Emily and Matthew for more things to do around Seattle while enjoying a local beer. They explained us that Seattle is like Vancouver rather a nice city to live than to do sightseeing. There are countless parks and mountains to hike on and other outdoor activities for which you need more time than just a day.
Therefore we enjoyed Lake Union the next day, the architecturally seen incredibly beautiful city library as well as the campus of the University of Washington. Mainly the campus impressed us a lot. It resembles a small town and actually there is no reason for a student to leave the campus. Not only restaurants and several food options are offered, but also bowling, private party rooms, 9-ball, table tennis and games. Not to forget the countless sports options. The library is also impressive, as it looks from the inside and outside like a church. Just huge!
In the evening, we went together with Matthew to a sports-bar to watch the soccer game USA-Panama (there is currently the CONCACEF Cup on) and ate Nachos and Chicken Wings. How American is that 🙂 But that’s it for Seattle. It probably doesn’t sound too exciting, but as in Vancouver, the flair of the city really impressed us.
From Seattle we headed to Crater Lake National Park, with a coffee stopover in Portland’s famous Stump Town Roasting Company. But that is a new story 🙂