Seattle, WA: 91Km
Denne dag var lidt af en afslapningsdag. Vi kom lidt sent afsted og bestemte os for at booke endnu en nat i byen, for derfor at ha’ tid til at se hvad vi ville og dermed bruge næste dag, på kun kørsel. Motellet vi havde overnattet på var rigtig fint og ingen klager overhovedet... Alligevel tænkte vi at prøve noget nyt og reserverede derfor et værelse på et andet motel, dog beliggende i nogenlunde samme område (Des Moines).
Vi kørte ind til byen og fandt noget heldagsparkering til en ca. 60kr. Nemmere end parkometer og 2 timer mig her og der... :) Vi startede ud med en “Undergrunds Gå-Tur” på en halvanden times tid. Seattle by brændte ned i sin tid og derfra byggede de simplethen en ny by ovenpå den gamle, dog ved at lave den gamle 1. sal til den nye stueetage, tildels pga. tidligere tidevandsproblemer og dårlige kloaksystemer mv. De 2 guider vi mødte var ganske morsomme og vi havde os en rigtig go’ tur, med en masse historie blandet sammen med utallige jokes :)
Derfra gik vi til “Pike Place Market”... Masser af frugt, blomster, hyggelige små butikker og en fiskehandel hvor de nærmest optrådte for kunderne, i form af at råbe og kaste med fisk frem og tilbage! Ganske fornøjeligt at se og høre på :) På “Pike Place Market” købte vi os lidt frisk frugt til frokost og nogle grillkrydderier som skal afprøves så snart alt det regnvejr vi har haft nærmest lige siden, stopper igen!!
I Seattle ligger den allerførste og “Rigtige” Starbucks :) Den skulle selvfølgelig besøges og det synes en masse andre mennesker også at tænke! Vi købte en forfriskende jordbær-lemonade der og tog den, samt vores frugt med til en lille park ud til vandet. Vejret var skønt... Sol og varmt! -Vi er jo ik’ på sommerferie for ingenting :) Vi sad lidt og nød det hele før vi gik mod “Bank of America Tower” som er den højeste bygning i Seattle. Klokken var allerede blevet hen ved 17-tiden inden vi kom dertil og de lukkede desværre udsigtdækket oppe på toppen, allerede kl. 16! Vi gik i stedet videre rundt i downtown, blandt de mange skyskrabere som André så godt kan li’ :)
Tilbage ved bilen igen, godt varme og lidt sultne, kørte vi til “The Space Needle” som vel egentlig er byens varemærke så at sige. Efter endnu nogle billeder til albummet gik det derfra til et sted hvor de havde koreansk BBQ. Lækker mad og ik’ helt hvad vi plejer at få når vi ta’r ud og spiser. Der var en grill bygget ned i hver eneste bord, med en kæmpe emhætte ovenover! Herpå stegte vi vores eget kød og havde ellers diverse tilbehør til. Ganske godt men også ret dyrt for os, nu vi er på såd’n en længere tur som vi er...!! Men åh ja... Lidt extra skal der også være plads til indimellem :)
Vi havde som sagt booket et nyt motel for natten, dog beliggende rimelig tæt ved hvor vi var aftenen før. Da vi ankom så der totalt pakket ud, med biler og atter biler...! Vi havde da også fået deres sidste værelse, blev vi fortalt. Grunden til de mange biler som holdt parkeret på kryds og tværs over det hele, var dog åbenbart pga. de også havde lufthavnsparkering oveni selve det at drive motellet. Som vi kom ind på værelset efter at have checket ind, fik vi os lidt af et chok!! Det så godt nok ik’ særlig rart ud... Meget slidt og ret usselt om jeg (Vicky) selv skal sige det. De havde nærmest ingen stikkontakter, så vi kunne oplade alle vores ting, som det kræves dagligt! Toilettet viste sig ikke at virke og efter at gå online og tjekke andre folks meninger om dette sted, fandt vi hurtigt ud af at vi faktisk ik’ havde lyst at sove her alligevel! Vi er måske sarte eller noget... Men efter mange grineflip over de mange forfærdelige kommentarer tidligere gæster havde efterladt om stedet, nabolaget, underligt kryb og vi ved ik’ hvad, tog vi hurtigt et af rådene om ikke at begå fejltagelse nr. 1: At blive! Vi ringede derfor til motellet fra aftenen i forvejen og følte os meget lettet, da de heldigvis havde et værelse til os. Pyhaa... :) Nu vi endelig for en gangs skyld ville prøve noget nyt... Ja?! Vi kom i alle fald derfra ligeså hurtigt som vi var kommet! -Desværre uden nogle billeder som dokumentering! (Fejltagelse nr. 2 ifølge den føromtalte tidligere gæst)
Seattle WA: 57Miles
This day was kind of a relaxing day. We got out quite later than usual and decided to book yet another night in the city, in order to have more time to see what we wanted and such... And thereby spend the next day, only driving. The motel we had stayed at was very nice indeed and no complaints whatsoever.... Still we thought of trying something new and ended up booking a night at another motel, also located in Des Moines.
We drove into Seattle and found some all-day parking for $10. Easier than the meters and 2 hours here and there... :) We started off with a one-and-a-half hour “Underground City Tour”. Seattle burned to the ground back in the days and from there they simply built a new city on top of the old one, though by making the old 2nd floor to the new 1st floor, due to previous problems with tide, the sewers etc. The 2 guides we encountered were both very funny and we had ourselves a very nice tour, with lots of history mixed with numerous jokes :)
From there we walked to “Pike Market Place”... Lots of fruit, flowers, cozy little stores and a fish market, where they practically had a show going on, by throwing fish back and forth all while yelling and the same time. very enjoyable to both watch and listen to :) At “Pike Market” we bought some fresh fruit for lunch + some spices which we’ll try out, as soon as all this rain stops and we’ll have an opportunity to grill again!!
The very first and original Starbucks is located in Seattle :) Of course we had to go there, which lots of other people seemed to think too! Vi bought a refreshing strawberry-lemonade and took it with us to a nearby park, next to the water. The weather was absolutely lovely and we sat and enjoyed our fruits and lemonade, while soaking in some sun. Don’t say were not on summer vacation :) After sitting down for a while, enjoying everything, we went on to the “Bank of America Tower”; tallest building in Seattle. It was already close to 5pm as we arrived and unfortunately the observation deck had closed at 4pm... -Too bad! Instead we went on walking around downtown, amongst the many skyscrapers, which André in particular, enjoys a lot :)
Back at the car, quite warm and somewhat hungry, we drove to “The Space Needle”...! Guess you could call it quite a symbol of Seattle...?! We got a few more pics for the album and from there we went to get some dinner :) Korean BBQ... Delicious food and something we certainly don’t try everyday! Every table had this build-in grill + a huge fan hanging over, resulting in us sitting there preparing our own meet. very tasty, but also slightly expensive for our budget, being on the road for this many days...!! Oh well... Guess there has to be room for that every now and then :)
As earlier mentioned, we had booked a new motel for the night, though kinda in the same area as the one from the night before (Des Moines). As we got there it looked completely packed, with cars all over!! We had also gotten their very last room we were told, but the chaos regarding the many cars, was due to the fact that they also offered airport parking apparently. As we got into our room after checking in, we had ourselves a bit of a shock! It definitely didn’t look very pleasant at all... Very worn out and pretty horrible if I (Vicky) may say so myself. There were practically not one outlet in the room, for us to charge all of our necessary things! (The one that was there came out of the wall) and then the toilet appeared to be none-working!! After going online to check other peoples reactions to this place, we quickly found ourselves not wanting to stay here at all! We might be fastidious... But after laughing so hard about all the comments previous guests had left about the motel itself, the neighborhood, weird creepy animals and whatnot, we quickly decided to take one of the advices of not making mistake #1: Staying! We therefor called up the motel from the night before and was very relieved, when finding they had an available room for us! Whew... :) Finally trying something new for once and we ended up getting this...?!! Oh well... We went out as fast as we had gotten there! -Unfortunately making mistake #2: Not taking any pictures as documentation!
Vicky Vicky Vicky ! Oh how I love this ! And all I can do is smile when I see the smiles of you two :)
ReplyDeleteAnd btw, you look so nice in that shirt of yours ! :)