Saturday, April 14, 2007
SEATTLE!
Stop 4: Pike Place!
a huge market! selling all kinds of produce from raw fish to homemade jam to t-shirts and souvenirs. the highlight was food and more food!
and i did not realize why it was "sleepless in seattle" till i came to pike place. and lo and behold! i was introduced to life, the seattle way. you get a coffee joint at almost every other corner you turn. Oh my goodness! if it wasn't a Starbucks, it was Seattle's Best Coffee. Else, it was Tully's! And did you know that Seattle was the birthplace of Starbucks? I wonder why its not surprising...
at the very first Starbucks joint:)
I am not a fan of crocs. and what i saw waS simply bizarre...
oh my goodness! oh my goodness! that was the only thing i could say... it's as if crocs are not outlandish enough. they have these things which you can insert into the holes! OH MY GOODNESS!
to all crocs lovers out there: Good for you!
as we were walking around downtown seattle, we stumbled upon this waterfall park in the midst of the CBD... hmm
Stop 5: Pioneer Square
the underground tour was quite an interesting experience, an eye opener. so we were introduced to the history of sanitation in seattle. how it was a challenge to the hilly terrain of seattle. and so fortunately for a fire that razed to the city to the ground, the city could be rebuilt with a better sanitation system. Ok, point taken. but it was the longest 1 1/2 hours ever. enough said.
sarah, me and kayi. with the brave firemen:)
what did i say about totems?!
Stop 6: University of Washington
It is such a beautiful campus! And to think they say that UWMadison is a nice campus. It really pales in comparison to UWashington. At least UWashington has buildings which are of the same architectural style - very European style. Whilst in Madison, you get random buildings everywhere. In Madison, you get a modern looking glass panelled building, which sticks like a sore thumb amongst the rest of the humble brick ones. haha... but its still a nicer campus than you know what... oops:x
a picture we took at the entrance of the university, at the expense of being laughed at by passing drivers
Stop 7: Boeing factory
and what visit to seattle would be complete if you did not visit the boeing factory?! woo.. it was absolutely cool. you see 777s being put together. and 787s in the making. not that I really knew what the specifics of 777s were. but at least i learnt that the wings of 787s could bend so that turbulence is reduced. and something that dawned upon me only then: airplanes are HUGE!
one of the propeller engines. just look at the complexity! respect for aeronautical engineers!
Stop 8: Space needle
ooo the space needle towers over
the skyline of downtown seattle
sunset by the bay
sunset... again
all in all seattle is one of the nicest US cities i have been to so far. it is somewhere i wouldn't mind going again and again and again:)
group pictures courtesy of Khian Hong
