Seattle

PCH Day 16: Sadly, a damp and drizzly day in which to explore the delights of Seattle. We spent a lot of time at the Pike's Place Market area, a very vibrant and bustling part of town, even on a wet day like today. We were going to do a tour of Underground Seattle, the old city now buried under the new city, but there were large numbers of people queuing to do the same thing (probably because of the weather) and the tours we saw leaving had, in my opinion, too many people, so we decided to give it a miss. We did spend some time in the gift shop finding out a bit about the history of the underground city, so it wasn't completely wasted. After returning to Pike Place for a bite to eat, we headed off for the Seattle Center (Centre in English!) and had a bit of a look around there. We didn't go up the Space Needle; we decided that $50 bucks was a bit steep to ride an elevator and look at thick cloud! Again, the drizzly conditions put a bit of a damper on what I'm sure is a great place to wander around on a nice day.  Despite the weather we have enjoyed our day and our visit to "The Emerald City".