The light rail is an easy option for getting into the Downtown area from the airport which is in the southern corridor of Seattle. We weren't able to check in to our accommodation for a few hours so we stored our luggage at a post office so we could go exploring without being encombered with the bags.
Detached from our bags, we wandered down to the waterfront and had a poke around Pike Place Market.
The markets stretch across multiple levels of buildings and sell everything from arts and crafts, to flowers, fresh produce and food vendors. There is a high emphasis on fresh seafood.
Randomly, there was a Zoltar machine! Movie buffs will recognise it from the 1988 movie, 'Big' which stared Tom Hanks.
There is an alley to one end of the market place that is covered in chewing gum. Locals & tourists have been adding to it for decades. Gum Wall story
It's just plain gross!
We did venture further down the docks to get the lie of the land. Every city seems to have a ferris wheel.
The original freight dock area has been converted to tourist friendly shops and resteraunts. Some are now appartments and hotels. Dotted around the place are various statues like the one above.
Our wanderings led us to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory icecream shop & lunch bar.
After some deliberation, Harry settled on the Birthday Cake flavoured icecream.
The cone was enormous and it looked like it had half a regular tube of icecream in it. Apparently it was delicious.
Toward the end of the afternoon, we collected our luggage from the post office and made our way to Belltown Court (above), our home for the next few days. It is a mixed residential and holiday apartment complex.
We could see the Space Needle from our apartment balcony.
Having settled in and taken a load off our feet briefly before setting off to find some dinner. Seattle is a hub for artistic people of many forms making every turn a new outdoor art gallery.
