Pioneer Square

Seattle

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September 12th 2008
So we're now in san francisco having caught the starlight train from seattle, we were only in seattle for a couple of days but its a lovely city and we could have stayed longer. The hostel we stayed at was 40 minutes from downtown but it was worth the journey. it was in a house with big open planned areas, it was very clean and nicely decorated (it had orchids in the bathrooms, nice touch) the fir ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more