We're sitting in the Executive Lounge of the Seattle Hilton after a great day. Kathy needed more pages in her passport and we decided to make an adventure out of it. We rode the train down from Bellingham, stayed one night in the Doubletree Arctic Club, and are staying a second night in the Hilton property. As a result of these two stays, we'll get one night free as part of a Hilton promotion, so we're not exactly throwing our money away.
The weather was glorious today and we wandered around Pike Place Market at mid-day, and then hit the downtown Seattle Art Museum in the afternoon. It's a beautiful night here and the view out the window of the 37th floor is as glorious as our recent views from the Singapore and Tokyo Conrad hotels.
Kathy is scheduled to pick up her passport with the newly-added pages tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., after which we'll make our way to the train for our evening ride back to Bellingham.
All this has been good homework to help us us act more like "experts" when guests visit this part of the world.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.