Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 12

Now that my school year has come to an end, Robert and I are preparing for take-off to Europe. We just spent a day in Seattle and leave for Frankfurt, Germany tomorrow where we'll be meeting my friend, Marie. Before we depart, I thought I'd share a few pictures from today and from last year's trip to Europe when we met during study abroad in Angers, France :)... read more

Our journey to our Alaskan cruise actually began almost two weeks ago. It really shouldn’t take that long to get from Ohio to Vancouver; but, then you’ve never travelled with Sharon. First we had to fly to Seattle so that we could drive to Portland and spend most of the first week with Sharon’s mom. She currently lives with her youngest son Sean; or as Erin (Sharon’s much, much younger sister) would say, Sean is Sharon’s much, much, much younger brother (he’s also Erin’s much, much younger brother); but then you know what they say about what payback is. Sharon used to introduce Erin as her much, much younger sister (at least that’s the way that Erin remembers it). My wife has an excellent memory and this is provable by some of her amazing scores on ... read more

This album features photos from two of my favorite neighborhoods in Seattle, both of which need further extensive exploring ;o) QUEEN ANNE NEIGHBORHOOD Queen Anne Hill is a neighborhood & geographic feature in Seattle northwest of downtown. The neighborhood sits on the highest named hill in the city with a maximum elevation of 456 feet. The hill became a popular spot for the city's early economic & cultural elite to build their mansions, & the name derives from the architectural style typical of many of the early homes. Lots of extra info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne,_Seattle http://www.visitseattle.org/neighborhoods/queen-anne/ Historical society web site with many photos of historic residences etc incl slide show: http://qahistory.org/ CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district in Seattle. It is also one of t... read more

This small album features landmark buildings in downtown Seattle.... read more

Starbucks et al Headed off from San Francisco with good and bad memories. Loved exploring and using the Bus network to find our way around. What saddened me was the homeless/crazy people that fill the place. Anyway, north to Seattle. We drove off with little or no idea what tonight would present but after looking at maps we decided to drive up the I5 until we veered off and headed to a town called Klamath Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klamath_Falls,_Oregon) and for no other reason than it had a hotel full of dead animals. The Olympic Inn (http://www.olympicinn.com/) was full of wood and stuffed animals, most of which the owner had purchased from a taxidermist to decorate his hotel, so not a trophy wall as such. Inclusive in the price was soup and salad at 4:30 and cookies ... read more