Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 78

Alleine zu reisen ist schon was ganz anderes. Habe mich inzwischen so halbwegs daran gewöhnt. Man lernt dafür viel mehr Leute kennen: So sass ich am morgen in Seattle im Hostel am Compi um noch ein Mail zu schreiben. Da kam eine vom Hostel und fragte mich, ob ich nicht auch mit auf die Tour zu den Snoqualmie Falls kommen möchte. Ich musste das Hostel aber verlassen da es schon ausgebucht war für die nächste Nacht. So entschied ich mich, mit meinem Auto da hin zu fahren. So war ich nicht ganz in die internationale Gruppe integriert, aber immerhin nicht alleine an den Falls. Und ohne ihren Hinweis wäre ich kaum da hin gegangen... Weiter ging es nach Olympia, eine kleine Stadt (zumindest im Vergleich mit Seattle), aber immerhin die Hauptstadt des Staates Washington. (mehr auf ... read more

Hi there As we have not really observed anything particularly new or interesting in Canada since our last installment, our observations this time relate to what we experienced on our recent trip across the border into the US. - Fast food diet. The number of overweight people we noticed in the US was significantly more than what we have seen in Canada. We were expecting to find a large number of overweight people when we arrived in Canada as we figured it was so similar to the States that the prominance of Fast Food outlets would surely result in a population of fatties. However, this simply hasn't been the case. But after only 2 days in Seattle it is apparent to us that the US definately has a greater obesity problem. We have commented before ... read more

Travel Practice North America » United States » Washington » Seattle By sherrirogersMay 13th 2007Trip to Seattle Well I am in full swing of packing up my belongings and setting off for Europe. But before I go, I thought it would be good practice to take a trip down to Seattle to visit my bff Lana while she was touring with the musical theatre production Clifford the Big Red Dog. I stayed in Everett Washington for two nights, watched Lana's performance, bought cheap trendy clothes at Target (damn those sweatshop kids... read more

Just a few days to go and then we're off to Asia! We're frantically trying to move out of our apartment and box up our stuff (who knew we owned so much?) First stop will be Tokyo on Thursday :-) hugs, S&S... read more

With Whistler's ski season slowing down and coming to an end, Soph was out of work - there is only so much glass and cuttlery polishing one can do! Adam (Dan's 12 yr old) had finished his racing and as such the family no longer needed his help.... However, the snow was still epic for this time of year (so we were told) and we had our last few powder days during April. The skiing does actually keep going until June on Blackcomb and then up onto the Glacier for the 'Camp of Champions' freestyling this summer. The Telus Ski and Snowboard festival hit Whistler and gave us a massive last party. There was live music each day and at the bottom of the hill, freestyle competitors and lots of free stuff (which kept Dan ... read more