Seattle was very, very cool. Most notable is its skyline, which we saw as we drove in from the south on a clunky old Greyhound, winding around the concrete highways and slowly revealing the unique-looking Space Needle and tall steel-and-glass skyscrapers. Seattle is grunge at its grungiest, it is hip at its hippest, and it is the definition of alternative. Alternative music, alternative fashion, alternative coffee-shops, alternative markets, alternative people. But not in a snobbish or elitist way at all. The Pike Place Market was full of fresh organic fruit, poodle-sized whole salmons and the Original Starbucks. An array of avant-garde sculptures adorns the harbour side near Seattle Center, looking out onto the lapping waves of the working harbour. Our friend Amy recommended that we go to the Experience Music Project; it was fascinating to learn
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