Seattle Tattle: Day 3
Aah, worst rhyme ever. Does anything good rhyme with Seattle? Should I be rhyming unsupervised?
So day 3 again began with me sleeping in. Charlotte attempted to wake me up for breakfast, I was apparently feeling grumpy and told her to shove it. I don't remember this. Alice and Charlotte kindly made me eggs and toast and tea, (the hostel had a DIY breakfast policy), and I got up eventually.
First thing we went to Seattle Aquarium, which is on the waterfront near the market. They had seals, fish, octopuses, and sea otters. Sea otters are the cutest animals in the world; take away your baskets of puppies, your tiny baby bunnies, sea otters are cuter. I have an awful lot of sea otter facts if anyone is interested, they are fascinating as well as cute. We went around the aquarium with a Scottish guy we met at the hostel called Andrew, (though we persisted in calling him Bart McHamish), he also went around with us for most of the rest of the day, including Mexican food for lunch. This is why hostels are the way to go, you meet people.
Next we checked out Pioneer Square, which is the original and oldest section of Seattle. Wandered around a little, and went to the basement coffee shop in the Elliot Bay bookstore, which was apparently the inspiration for the one in Frasier, (have to admit, it only partially looked like it, but we liked the vibe). The Underground Tour went from Pioneer Square, where a guide shows you the abandoned underground rooms and passageways underneath the entire section of Seattle. There was a fire in 1889 and they decided to relevel the streets about two stories higher because it was crap marshy land, but some sections of the buildings got left behind. A lot like the underground sections of Edinburgh actually, though in Edinburgh they are keener on telling you about all the ghosts that live there.
Before it got dark we went up the Smith Tower, which cost us four bucks (much cheaper than the Space Needle). It had the whole bit of ornate brass lift doors, attendants and swanky lounge music playing softly in the background. We went up 30 or 40 floors to the observation deck where we could see the whole beautiful city at sunset. People were gathering for a Rolling Stones concert, we could see the traffic backed up for miles.
In the evening we got a sub and chatted some more to other hostel denizens, and headed out to see a play by the Seattle Rep. We got cheap tickets and I'm pretty sure we were the only ones that came by bus. The play was Doubt, it won the writer a Pulitzer a few years ago. Doubt was about a nun and a priest, and the nun was convinced that the priest was a paedophile- it wasn't as heavy as this implies, but was thought-provoking and actually funny. So we did find things that happen in the evening in Seattle when one is not 21. Seriously though, what do young people do in the city past 9:30?
So day 3 again began with me sleeping in. Charlotte attempted to wake me up for breakfast, I was apparently feeling grumpy and told her to shove it. I don't remember this. Alice and Charlotte kindly made me eggs and toast and tea, (the hostel had a DIY breakfast policy), and I got up eventually.
First thing we went to Seattle Aquarium, which is on the waterfront near the market. They had seals, fish, octopuses, and sea otters. Sea otters are the cutest animals in the world; take away your baskets of puppies, your tiny baby bunnies, sea otters are cuter. I have an awful lot of sea otter facts if anyone is interested, they are fascinating as well as cute. We went around the aquarium with a Scottish guy we met at the hostel called Andrew, (though we persisted in calling him Bart McHamish), he also went around with us for most of the rest of the day, including Mexican food for lunch. This is why hostels are the way to go, you meet people.
Next we checked out Pioneer Square, which is the original and oldest section of Seattle. Wandered around a little, and went to the basement coffee shop in the Elliot Bay bookstore, which was apparently the inspiration for the one in Frasier, (have to admit, it only partially looked like it, but we liked the vibe). The Underground Tour went from Pioneer Square, where a guide shows you the abandoned underground rooms and passageways underneath the entire section of Seattle. There was a fire in 1889 and they decided to relevel the streets about two stories higher because it was crap marshy land, but some sections of the buildings got left behind. A lot like the underground sections of Edinburgh actually, though in Edinburgh they are keener on telling you about all the ghosts that live there.
Before it got dark we went up the Smith Tower, which cost us four bucks (much cheaper than the Space Needle). It had the whole bit of ornate brass lift doors, attendants and swanky lounge music playing softly in the background. We went up 30 or 40 floors to the observation deck where we could see the whole beautiful city at sunset. People were gathering for a Rolling Stones concert, we could see the traffic backed up for miles.
In the evening we got a sub and chatted some more to other hostel denizens, and headed out to see a play by the Seattle Rep. We got cheap tickets and I'm pretty sure we were the only ones that came by bus. The play was Doubt, it won the writer a Pulitzer a few years ago. Doubt was about a nun and a priest, and the nun was convinced that the priest was a paedophile- it wasn't as heavy as this implies, but was thought-provoking and actually funny. So we did find things that happen in the evening in Seattle when one is not 21. Seriously though, what do young people do in the city past 9:30?
posted by susie r at 11:35 AM
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Day four is on the way, and is the most exciting of all! (Well, not really, but I have to sell it a little.) In the meantime my blog is playing up and not displaying my entries, hopefully this comment will help me track one down. Crap, I can't work computers.
Day four is on the way, and is the most exciting of all! (Well, not really, but I have to sell it a little.) In the meantime my blog is playing up and not displaying my entries, hopefully this comment will help me track one down. Crap, I can't work computers.
Do you see what I mean?! The stupid thing made me post twice. And I bet it is still not showing my entries. Gah!
Yes, I saw! The Atlanta aquarium looked AMAZING. The jellyfish! And all that space! Did they really have whale sharks?! I love aquariums: I love seeing the cute things, but I also love seeing the bizarre scary things which I wouldn't actually want to be in the same ocean as. I'll put up some pictures soon.
By the way, I think the problem is being caused by my malfunctioning lappy rather than my blog. Everything looks fine here on the library computers. Stupid thing.
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