I finally returned to my favorite gloomy city two weeks ago, and I was welcomed by grey clouds blocking the glorious views of the mountains and a light drizzle. One thing I did miss was the dry air that sent your body chills, as we don’t get that with all the humidity present in Rochester.
My roommate last year and good friend decided to drop by Seattle for a visit, as she had never been to the state of Washington. She decided it would be a good time to visit as she was flying from Rochester to Hong Kong and Seattle was sort of on the way. With six days in the city, I had to figure out how we were gonna do this. Unfortunately for me, she immediately ruled out baseball long before the trip started. It dawned upon me, I don’t even know where to begin when it came to showing her the city I was proud of.
I quickly realized that even with all the travel guides out there to offer you, it’s still difficult to show anybody who’s visiting what Seattle’s all about in six days. I’ll make this a personal guideline for where to take my friends whenever they’re in town. Here’s my list in no order.
Some MUST visit places in Seattle –
Seattle Space Needle (A no-brainer right there!)
Pike Place Market (We throw fish better than we throw footballs, I’m looking at you Tavaris Jackson.)
The infamous and somewhat disgusting Gum Wall underneath Pike Place
Dick’s Drive-In (I don’t care what you Californians say about this in comparison to In and Out, Dick’s is our pride and joy! Our shakes are better than yours anyways!)
Triple XXX (Out in Is-sa-qwah, if you’re up for tasting the best root beer in all of the land, no exaggeration there.)
Places that are pretty awesome but not exactly mandatory visits –
International District (If you’re Asian and you love rice, or more importantly, because you’re Asian.)
Safeco Field (If you wanna visit a crappy team that everyone (including me) still manages to love. Plus we got Ichiro. He’s Asian. Japanese to be more specific.)
CenturyLink Field (formerly called Qwest Field for some Sounders/Seahawks games.)
Dale Chihuly Garden (Just opened right by the Space Needle and Science Center, haven’t seen it but heard great things about this place.)
Seattle Aquarium (This place doesn’t throw fish, correction, this place SHOULDN’T throw fish.)
Woodland Park Zoo (We have animals that aren’t fish.)
Fremont Troll (Half of my friends have said “We have a troll? Under a bridge?” when I asked about this Seattle destination.)
If you’ve run out of places to show around and don’t want to sit around the house watching Jerry Springer or watching the dog bark at everyone who walks by your house –
Ballard Locks
Red Mill Burgers (featured on Man vs Food once again)
Museum of Flight
Seattle Public Library (it has this unique look to it)
Experience Music Project (not exactly the biggest fan of this one)
Ferry through Puget Sound (one of the best ferry systems in the world you have options on which island to embark towards)
Hope all of these options help if you’re ever in Seattle or have friends/family coming to visit you in Seattle!
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