When we got to the airport, Andrew made a quick stop at airport store for a couple things. I waited outside the store with our luggage and was definitely convinced there was a hidden Candid Camera somewhere. There was this little bear on the floor and every time someone walked by, it would start rolling around the ground and making all kinds of noises. I was just standing there watching all these people walk by and trip out over this stuffed animal. I was CRYING I was laughing so hard. I felt like such a goof.
The flight to Seattle was pretty uneventful, although towards the end of the flight my ear pressure was all out of whack and I was in tears it was so painful. Not sure what that was all about. Definitely has not happened before.
We took the light rail system to downtown Seattle and our first experience when we got there was walking up a MASSIVE hill to the hotel. I had read online about the hills, so I was semi-prepared. This poor girl who was walking up next to us was having the worst of times with her suitcase, though. Andrew offered to trade, but she declined.
As soon as we dropped our suitcases off in our room at Hotel Vintage Park we were off to find some lunch. We stumbled upon this place called MOD Super Fast Pizza. It’s a genius concept and I sooo wish I had thought of it! Every pizza is $6.28 and you can add any toppings you want. The pizzas are personal size and perfect for a meal. Every pizza is made to order, so you get a nice fresh pizza.
When we checked into the hotel, they gave us an amazing map of the whole downtown area. One place on the map that I had not heard of was the Columbia Center building. It is the tallest building in Seattle and they have a Skyview viewing area on the 74th floor. I looked it up on Yelp (of course) and all the reviews said it was better than the Space Needle—less crowded, and definitely much cheaper. $5 for adults, $3 for students. And bonus to the nice gentleman who gave me student pricing, even though I didn’t have my ID.
We were fortunate enough to find out about it just in time to go up. They are only open M-F 8-4 or something like that because it is an office building. Lucky for us it was a GORGEOUS day and we got some great photos! The view was amazing. We looked down on the Space Needle, over the sports fields, got a great view of the water. After such a fantastic views, we decided we didn’t even need to go visit the Space Needle.
We also found a Starbucks on the 40-something-th floor of the Columbia building, so we stopped there for a few to relax and have a drink. (And try the new cake pops! A+)
We then decided that since it was such a beautiful day, we should probably take the Bainbridge Ferry to get some good photos of the Seattle skyline. We were pretty exhausted, so we decided not to get off and explore Bainbridge Island, but just took the ferry back to Seattle. The views were definitely worth the ride!
After the ferry, we found some dinner and then retreated to the hotel to lay in bed and play poker on our iPhones against each other (we did a lot of this).
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