Seattle WA Tourism

After checking into our hotel in Seattle, it was around 3:00 pm, and we headed back out to make the most of our brief stay!  

We caught the lightrail which was across the street from our hotel and rode for about 45 minutes until we reached Seattle proper.

We headed first to the Pike Place Market to visit the original Starbucks and a yogurt shop called Ellenos that Wifey had found on Instagram.  

Key Lime Pie Yogurt

Apparently this Starbucks location services almost exclusively tourists and always has a line.  We waited patiently, the weather was beautiful and the people friendly.  

Once inside, the store is divided into two sections.  One where you can pursue souvenir merchandise and then the opposite where you can place your order for coffee.  Hubby tried the Pike Place Market exclusive Chocolate Covered Strawberry Nitro drink.  Wifey got a creme frap ... (still off the caffeine).

After knocking out both of these 'must-see' destinations, we were hungry and started scanning the area for a promising restaurant.  Apparently most places around the market close pretty early.  As we walked back toward the train station and later the Space Needle (our other 'must-see' destination in the city); we saw a Chinese restaurant called Mee Sum Pastry with Sesame balls in the window.  GIANT Sesame balls!  Now to understand the significance of this, you must understand that wifey loves sesame balls.  Since we were ordering these, we also ordered a couple of hum bao (pork and chicken curry) and called it dinner!  

Leaving Park Place Market, we walked about a mile to the Space Needle and bought our tickets to ride to the top!  

We were outdoors!  Mask free life! 

Leaving the Space Needle much later we power-walked back to catch the light-rail/train to our hotel.