Seattle Part 2

When we woke up on Saturday morning we were back in Seattle.  Chris got up to take a  photo of the beautiful sunrise.

Leaving the ship was really straightforward. We chose to carry our own bags off which meant we were one of the first groups to disembark. We managed to jump straight in a taxi and were able to check straight into our next hotel (Hotel Monaco) when we arrived at about 8.30am.

Later in the morning we headed back out to Pike Place Market then to Top Pot doughnuts. We both tried the Bulls Eye doughnut, it was huge and really good!

After filling up on our doughnuts we jumped on a public bus to take us to Discovery Park. The park is about 40 minutes north of the city and is built on a former fort. It's a bit of a strange place, there are loads of trails (all badly signposted which is something we're getting used to!) and lots of empty military buildings.

We took a trail down to one of the beaches but without a map it was quite hard to figure out where to go so after getting to the beach we just followed the same route back to get a bus back into Seattle. 

 On Saturday evening we had baseball tickets to see the Seattle Mariners against the Kansas City Royals. It was a great game, lots of action, bit different to watching the Nationals.

 

On Sunday morning we had to catch our flight back to DC but we had time for one last stop at the 2nd most unhygienic tourist attraction in the world - the chewing gum wall.  It was gross!

Our flight home was a bit of a nightmare, we got delayed in Milwaukee and ended up getting home at 2.15am. 4 hours later were up for work and back to reality!

We had a great holiday and enjoyed our first cruise experience. I wouldn't say we loved it, there were quite a few things that disappointed us. I don't think it would be our first choice of a holiday in the future but I wouldn't rule out doing one again.