honeymoon part II

So, I promised some more details of our honeymoon. Let me dive right in.

We flew to Seattle on May22nd. We woke up bright and early to get ready and hop on the city bus. We rode the bus to the airport. We got to the airport in time to get breakfast and for me to get a magazine for the trip. We walked onto the plane and flew a great flight out west. When we got to Seattle we grabbed our bags and hiked out to the train that would take us downtown to our hotel. As we got closer to downtown we disappeared under the pavement. We got off the train and came up to meet a misty rain and massively tall buildings and a lot of homeless people. Luckily we only had to walk a couple of blocks to our fancy hotel. 

We relaxed for a few minutes before heading out for the evening. This included a soak in the tub for me. It was glorious to be on our own schedule and take our time doing what we wanted to do. 

We walked down to the market. Our hotel was literally just up the street from

  Pike Place Market. Upon arrival my senses were completely overloaded. There were smells from every part of the world. French bakeries next to chinese fried food stands. Enormous bouquets of flowers perfumed the air between the smells of every kind of coffee. There was Polish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, French, Indian, Czech, Italian, American and Irish food all within a block. There was music coming from every street corner. There was a piano player, brass players, singer, violin and everything in between. There were people of every shape and size and color. Languages from Asia, Europe and the Americas mixed and formed a beautiful symphony of cultures. You could buy loose tea, used books, magic supplies, art, jewelry, hand knit sweaters, leather journals, comic books and a plethora of other treasures. 

This was my favorite part of Washington. 

I want to live here one day, if only for the joy of visiting this market. 

We choose Indian food for our first meal in WA.  They were curry wraps and mango lemonade. We ate watching the view of the sound. 

the flowers in this market are the prettiest I have ever seen. 

I want to learn how to cook stuff like this!

part of the maze of stairs and hallways that is Pike Place Market. 

The next couple of days we took in all the tourist sites of Seattle. But, I will save that for tomorrow. 

I will leave you with this thought: I never had much desire to move out of the midwest, that is until I visited Seattle. I can see myself living here. And, it makes me excited!!!