Well, it's only been 15 weeks since we got home!
Posted by Sarah O'Neill , Thursday, 27 October 2011 07:02
So, we actually landed in the UK 15 weeks ago today! However, that is skipping a lot of the story! So, I have my 'notes' (little scraps of hotel notepad paper!) to help me record the last few weeks of our most amazing adventure!
Last time I wrote we were in Hawaii, which seems like a lifetime ago! From Hawaii we flew to mainland America, straight to Seattle, we landed on Friday 10th June. We had pre booked our hostel online after a lot of research, so headed from the airport to the downtown area via the monorail. After a short walk (late at night!) through the city we found the hostel and we were really happy. We had booked a private double, with shared bathroom facilities. The owner was really friendly when we arrived, and gave us loads of info. We went out for a drink and some food in the next door pub before bed!
On Saturday we headed to Pike Place Market, which was great fun! It is often shown in the movies with people throwing fish around! It 
is also the birthplace of Starbucks, with the original store there (the queue was crazy so we thought we'd go back later!). Ben had his first corndog, which he did not enjoy! We also had some lovely fresh fruit from the market. It was a 
great place to poke around, and we managed to see some of the fish being thrown at the fishmonger stall! Since we only had one day in Seattle we tried to make the most of it, and walked to see the Space Needle! The weather was beautiful and we really enjoyed exploring! It was 
funny to be back at the Space Needle, as I had been there before with Rachel and Emma and the Libby family when we visited them in December 2007! The whole area around the needle had a great vibe, there was street music and stuff going on, which was great to enjoy.
We walked back towards Pike Place Market and we were going to go to the original starbucks, however, the queue was still RIDICULOUS! 
We took a picture, but decided to get our coffee from the one around the corner instead! We had a lovely lazy time hanging out on a grassy bank next to the market, where lots of people were enjoying the sunshine! We headed out for some dinner, and then headed back to the hotel, ready to get the Greyhound to Vancouver the next morning.
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