Our first taste of Seattle

We had a very slow morning this morning as we are still trying to acclimatise to the 3 hours difference from the East Coast. Dave is back to feeling 100% however I was still feeling a little yuk this morning and most of the day until later this afternoon. Hopefully will be back to 100% tomorrow.

When we were ready, we headed out and surprisingly it wasn’t raining, Seattle is known for rain. We headed to the water to take in the amazing views across the bay.

Seattle is a little like San Fransisco with its hills and houses but the streets and avenues are very much like New York City.

For most part the area of the city we are staying in being between Belltown and Uptown is very clean and safe however on both our walks today we saw fentanyl use and fentanyl drug deals going down right out in the open, and we weren’t even in the sketchy parts of the city.

This morning’s walk saw us walk to the cruise terminal, where you can see the snowcapped Mt Rainer, before walking back into town to see where the ice hockey arena was as we are thinking of seeing a NHL game tomorrow night. The area is only about 1km from where we are staying and right across the roads from the Space Needle.

While we were near the stadium, we had to duck for cover as it was sunshine one minute then a small hail storm the next.

As the photos show, there are also some amazing street art here in Seattle.

We headed back to our room via Walgreens for lunch and a rest.Read more