Monday 25th May

We had just one day in Seattle so we thought the best thing to do was to take a City Tour. A small coach collected us at 10am and we set off for a 3 hour tour. Seattle is a lovely city - the home of several well known institutions such as Microsoft (although the HQ has now moved to I’ve forgotten where), Amazon and Boing aircraft. Not forgetting, of course, Starbucks and in the Pike Market area we saw the very first Starbucks that opened and apparently it is much the same inside as it was in the 60’s. It was unfortunate that we could not stop in more places to look around - a day is not enough time to spend in a city of this size.

We ended the tour at Seattle Centre where the Space Needle is situated, so we each duly paid our extortionate $14 fee and took the elevator to the top. It was build for the 1962 Worlds Fair and is 605 feet high and the viewing deck is att 520 feet. We have a good view of it from our bedroom window although the view is somewhat marred by the cranes and building works of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The views all over the city and lakes were lovely. Again we were blessed with a lovely day - not experiencing the rain that Seattle is famous for!