http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Washington , Seattle en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:14:00 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:14:00 +0000 After Olympic National Park I drove to Seattle in the afternoon where I had to take a ferry to go across the bay. I arrived in Seattle at night. It was the beginning of a wonderful week at Cheryl's Kirsten's and Brian's place my first couchsurfing place in the US. My arrival in Seattle immediately erased all the prejudice Europeans tend to have about Americans. The people I met were interested http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-463222.html Everybody dreams to have their own dream car. It is a good feeling to drive their own car but most people do not have adequate funds to make their dreams come true. Banks offer loans at a nominal rate to fulfil the dreams of their consumers. Banks would like to make their transactions very profitable. Loans are availed at various interest rates according to the individual needs. Low rate auto loan http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-452818.html Hi everybodyHere are some more stories from the far West.Things have been looking up. My lower back seems to have healed somewhat with a decrease in pain flares and general uncomfortableness wow what a word. Of course it took me some opiumbased pain killers and a period of withdrawal to get there... but oh well . I got back my MRI results in the mean time. Amazingly they show nothing So http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-452712.html Day 2 was awesome. We started at the Brouwers. An apparently world renound brew pup featuring 60 different beers on tap 3 nitro and 3 cask conditioned beer. I started with a black cherry stout that was excellent but blew the tap so no mor fo u pretty lady. Pete had the Boundary Bay Oak Aged Cabin fever. My next was the Elysian Haleakala Sour. I love sour beer. This was ok. Not really al http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/Pioneer-Square/blog-448973.html We are very tired. It's 715 for crying out loud. I just sent Pete out for a store run. That big king sized overstuffed bed is starting to look pretty good. If you open up the blinds and turn off all the lights the view of the city at night is absolutely spectacular Nighty night..... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/Bell-Town/blog-448507.html Up at 330 this morning. Gawd that's early. We arrived in Seattle about 1030 this morning. Raining cats and dogs. It's beautiful here. I forgot what fall looks like. All the bright colors of the leaves. The smell of rain. Really a nice day. Our flight was without drama as was picking up the car at the rental. We were able to check into our hotel early and did you check out that view http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/Bell-Town/blog-448469.html Are you a Nazi... Erm I've never been asked that before but this was on my visa application and I'm pretty sure it isn't a trick question so I chose 'no'. God only knows what happens if you choose 'yes' but you're not a Nazi... you're a bloody stupid Nazi.This is the United States of America a nation that apparently spends more money per year on porn than the whole SubSaharian African debt. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-448210.html Vancouver to Seattle was typicall only approx 2.5hrs away. Very excited over the idea of shopping at the Chelsea Premium Outlet Malls. As it was the Easter Weekend the immgrations at the US was rather busy. It took us approx 4 hrs to get to Seattle. Stayed in Watertown Seattle Hote. We were super impressed with the wellequipped room walkthrough wardrobe microwave oven comfy high beds an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-447584.html Seattle Das Wochenndi simmer in Seattle gsi. Am Samstig simer eifach chli goge sightseeing mache u si under anderem uf em Space Needle gsi. Das isch sone Turm womer uechan u de ber alles ine gseht. Leider isch ds Wtter nanid ganz so super gsi womer uesii aber mer het trotz Wolke die ganzi Skyline gseh. Es het de nr o uftue u am Nami heimer ds schnste Wtter gha womer sich chan wnsche. Mir http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-446805.html The Funtastic Travel Show has released the Seattle Overview Show on the website and in Youtube visit the site to watch httpwww.funtastictravelshow.comVisit Seattle http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-446170.html I met Alive With Skies when he was passing out flyers for the Columbus Day Protest at a reggae show a couple weeks back. He is a Native man from an American Indian Movement family and a community organizer. We talked about growing up amidst the colonial regime that instructed me to play the role of occupier and him as occupied not because of skin colorhe's the same tone as mebut because http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-444770.html I watched last night's Colbert Report as he made jokes about www.conservapedia.com and the Conservapedia bible translation project. Visiting the site to add my own conservative retranslation of the Bible I found it blocked from accepting new contributors. Who knows if this is related to Colbert's challenge to viewers to write me into the Bible or if it's just regular policy at this heavily http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/U-District/blog-443415.html Today we left the wilderness behind for now and with the help of our intrepid guide Helen we negotiated the Seattle area freeways and traffic and arrived at the Silver Cloud Inn on Lake Union. We were impressed this small hotel chainrsquos amenities free shuttle breakfast laundry internet 24 hour coffee etc. and with our large room with its picture window view of Lake Union. Also imp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-442654.html Labor Day 2009 weekendShort Labor Day Weekend my boyfriend Michael and myself decided to visit his sister Susan in Seattle. While I've been traveling in many countries unfortunately I has not been traveling much in USA and Seattle is the first time for me. I've heard it is famous for coffee seafood so we were looking forward to our trip.We departed Thursday afternoon from Tampa on Airtran co http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-439350.html This is the End. Well of this blog. There will be more someday as I hope to find the opportunity again to share my enjoyment with you my loved ones my family my friends and a few strangers I meet along the way in another journey. I hope you found some enjoyment in the post and pictures. Well the last part trip went off fine. I rode the last section of highway 1 in California turning into th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-438907.html It was an interesting visit to the Nk'Mip Desert and Heritage Centre. Developed by the Osoyoos Indian Band provides a guided tour of showing their cultural heritage and how they used the vegetation of this desert like area. There is also a sort of reconstructed village and nice metal statues of indian statues. We left Osoyoos to drive to Buckley a little town near Seattle where my cousin Grace Gr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-438826.html Subprime auto lenders are often quoted to be the best option for those seeking to qualify for a bad credit car loans. Before highlighting the accuracy of this statement it is important to understand just what it is that the concept of Subprime lending involves. Subprime car lending is recognized by a variety of other names as well. These include terms such as second chance lending non prime http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-437550.html I step outside on 3rd and Pine and before I can even turn the corner I hear Oh here comes the rain again I take one whiff of the air smell the heavy dampness of the Pacific Northwest and think Yeah I'm in Seattle. Of course while packing for this trip I kept checking the weather. Seattle's reputation for being a rainy city made the idea of bringing my rain boots attractive but as the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-436809.html From Glacier National park to Seattle is it close to 1000 KM so we had a 'technical stop' and stayed one noight in Coeur d'Alene in Idaho. It is a very pretty city but more importantly it has a fantastic camera shop with wonderful people. Let me explain this. We had a problem with one of our camera flash cards. We couldn't use it anymore it is a 16GB card with about 10000 picturtes on it we w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-436483.html Day 14 WednesdayI've decided that my blog is taking longer than expected so I'm going to be writing the express version and may write more later but for the sake of the folks in USACANADA who are eagerly waiting for photos I'm writing the bare basics and letting the pictures do the talkingHad breakfast with Liz at IhopTook the new Light Rail train with Chris to Downtown Seattle. Walked ar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-436369.html