I slept like absolute crap last night. Dreadful. Not helped by an enormous amount of noise outside, and someone pointing their bed-lamp out the window & straight at the window of the room I was in, so there was about…

Last full day in Seattle, and the thing I had to get done was printing off my train ticket to Portland. Fortunately, an opportunistic wander past an Amtrak Quik-Trac machine (not convinced I’ve spelled that correctly, but I’m also pretty…

Today I did tourist things, and went on a tour of the Boeing Factory in Everett, WA. Where I was not run over by an aircraft engine, despite how this looks. As you can see, this is merely part of a…

I’ve been sleeping badly here, and last night was no exception, so it took me forever to get started. On the plus side, having a very late coffee allowed me to see the flood of Seahawks fans on their way…

I’ll admit it, I’m hazy on what EMP stands for in this context. OK, I looked it up It’s the Experience Music Project museum. I didn’t sleep well last night, so it was something of a late start. I made…

This is my second hostel of the US trip, and the first Hostelling International hostel, so it’s the first time my HI card has actually gotten any use. The level of luxury isn’t up to the Freehand Chicago, but I…

The day started with a Seattle tour, run by one of the folks who works at the hostel & who seems to be the person who organises a lot of the social stuff. There was this tour, and the cookies…

Everyone in the universe was in Seattle this weekend, it seems, with PAX West, a Mariners Baseball game, and a few conventions or conferences, so I found a place out by the airport. Hostelworld was convinced that there were no…

First, let’s get this out of the way; Where the fuzzy hell was this a week ago? I was at Union Station, looking at the display of route guides, and I would have noticed it. Please don’t tell me that I…