2. Seattle by day and night

Previously… on 31th July 2007… 

On day 2 of our trip we started having a “continental breakfast” at the Red Roof Inn… Nothing special actually, but enough to satisfy our appetite… well at least for a couple of hours…
After that we jumped on our Toyota and we went to downtown Seattle, where we enjoyed a little ride on the monorail and we had our first encounter with a mall…
Needles to say I was shocked by the prices…
Everything was so cheap I almost fainted!
(Just a little sidenote: If you’re visiting Oregon BUY, BUY, BUY! Don’t wait to go somewhere else to do it since there’s no sales tax in this wonderful State!)

Then we went to Pike Place Market, a pleasantly noisy and colorful market just near the sea, were we had a nice lunch on the pier. The restaurant was called “the fishermans” at the pier 57 and it was a fantastic meal. After the lunch we headed toward the Science Fiction Musem and the EMP (experience Music Project), which are on the same building (and you can buy a combo ticket to visit both).

Consider at least 4 hours for the EMP and 1 for the Science Fiction Museum.

It was a great afternoon, but we had to skip some stands inside the EMP because we were late. If you love music, there a lot of memorabilias and a funny “music room” were you can test your musical attitude: there are interactive stands where you can learn percussions, strings and vocals. We also visited the Science Fiction Museum, but it’s not very big: ok, there are some awesome original costumes from various movies a huge ALIEN queen… but not much more.

During the evening we booked a room in a motel 6 and at then we went on the Space Needle to catch some night scenes of Seattle. It was worth the cold wind, because some of the pictures taken by Alessandro are truly Amazing. Check on the Flickr Page regarding the day.

Stay tuned for more