Though sad to leave San Fran, I couldn't wait to board the plane. The car was left behind, and the next journey is by air, train, and bus. First stop, Seattle, WA.
Seattle proved to be a really cool city. Although it had the big-city-metropolitan feel, it really wasn't very big at all. In fact, everything that we did and/or saw was walking distance. Our hostel did place us in a pretty prime location. The view from our window was looking at Pike's Market, the fish slinging market with well-built males wearing 
fisherman garb tossing giant fish back and forth. Of course the space needle was on the to-do list, as well as taking a peek at one of the most bizarre buildings that I have ever witnessed, the Experience Music Project building. I think I'm inclined to love this city so much because they have more public works of art per capita than any other city in the world. One of them is the Fremont Troll. He sits under a bridge (obviously he's a troll) and is this giant sculpture made out of concrete. (Fremont is the only American city that has tried to secede from the US twice in the last 15 yrs)
fisherman garb tossing giant fish back and forth. Of course the space needle was on the to-do list, as well as taking a peek at one of the most bizarre buildings that I have ever witnessed, the Experience Music Project building. I think I'm inclined to love this city so much because they have more public works of art per capita than any other city in the world. One of them is the Fremont Troll. He sits under a bridge (obviously he's a troll) and is this giant sculpture made out of concrete. (Fremont is the only American city that has tried to secede from the US twice in the last 15 yrs) Walking the town, along the water, under beautiful sunny skies, you couldn't help but notice the enormous homeless population. The multitude of "drug-exchanges" I watched were a little intimidating & I can't say I've figured out why this seemed to be so prevalent. However, the city just had such a great vibe to it (from the not-so-cranked-up-on-illegal-drug part of the 
population), that I think it is one of my favorite stops so far. We did take the underground walking tour which told the story of the city (the original Seattle) that is built 12 ft. under the modern-day-Seattle. The history behind all of that was really interesting, and really just amounted to the original settlers being somewhat lazy and trying to build a town on marshland. After the great Seattle fire burned down the city (whom hadn't yet figured out how to deal with sewage) it was decided by half the town to build the city higher, in order to deal with the sewage problems. The other half wanted to rebuild instantly and since the building-it-higher people were going to take a decade, they didn't work together. So there were two separate Seattles being built simultaneously. The end result has left an entire part of the city underground. This kind of city history is part of what my exploration of this country is all about and I don't think it gets any cooler than that!
population), that I think it is one of my favorite stops so far. We did take the underground walking tour which told the story of the city (the original Seattle) that is built 12 ft. under the modern-day-Seattle. The history behind all of that was really interesting, and really just amounted to the original settlers being somewhat lazy and trying to build a town on marshland. After the great Seattle fire burned down the city (whom hadn't yet figured out how to deal with sewage) it was decided by half the town to build the city higher, in order to deal with the sewage problems. The other half wanted to rebuild instantly and since the building-it-higher people were going to take a decade, they didn't work together. So there were two separate Seattles being built simultaneously. The end result has left an entire part of the city underground. This kind of city history is part of what my exploration of this country is all about and I don't think it gets any cooler than that!
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