Whitewatered: Seattle Sun

I heard Seattle is the rainiest city in the States. Still haven't seen any rain though. Quite the opposite, for the last couple of days it has been extremely warm and there is no sight of fall approaching. The weather hasn't been the only pleasant thing about Seattle. Even without planning our days too much we have managed to see a lot of interesting places. Really stress-free and gratifying.

One of these interesting places is definitely, and perhaps non-surprisingly, the Seattle Center, marked by the Space Needle. The Needle is surrounded by interesting places to see such as the EMP, Experience Music Project, which was a place made for me. There was a Nirvana exhibition, room full of old guitars, plenty of brand new instruments to play and some fun sci-fi stuff. I could probably live there, really.

Another place that I enjoyed was the historic Pike Place Market, which is filled with hundreds of vendors selling anything from fish and flowers to wooden 3D puzzles. However, the market place also brought up a curious thing about the US. A couple of fresh (and tasty!) peaches cost more than a meal at McDonalds or dozens of cans of soda. Not only are the fresh fruit expensive but they're also scarce. It's really difficult to find proper grocery stores around here. Starbucks - not. Why on earth does there have to be a Starbucks at every corner? I don't even like coffee!

Even if I don't like coffee, there are still plenty of things I like about Seattle and the US.

PS. I have a million tourist-y photos on my camera. I'll try to transfer them sometime later. This blog is slowly becoming one dull wall of text and needs an intervention.

EDIT: Here's a couple photos!