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Travelling
Aug. 17th, 2015 10:10 amI've been in Seattle the last few days, arrived on Thursday night. I take the Amtrak to Spokane this afternoon.
It was an uneventful flight over, apart from the thunderstorm in the south of England on Thursday morning. Second international trip of the year where I've set off in teeming rain.
It's interesting that Virgin Atlantic no longer do the boarding by rows thing (or maybe it was because the plane was half full). They announced boarding had started and nobody moved.
I had a brief stopover in Detroit and a flight to Seattle that arrived on time and then sat on the tarmac for a while. Finally we got moving again. Then someone came on the tannoy. There was a police car sitting at our gate and there were other planes backing up behind us, so we had to circle the terminal building until the gate was clear.
It was about seven when I got to my hotel - not far from the Space Needle - but I still managed to walk to find somewhere to eat before retiring. Awoke very early Friday morning.
Since then it's been mostly walking around sightseeing, although there was another thunderstorm Friday afternoon. Fortunately there is a monorail service from the centre of town to the Space Needle.
The Museum of History and Industry was well worth a viisit yesterday. Among the displays was the sign from outside the first Starbuck's. There seems to be a Starbuck's on every block, but I've tended to avoid them, although I think the cafe in Barnes and Noble is a Starbuck's.
It was an uneventful flight over, apart from the thunderstorm in the south of England on Thursday morning. Second international trip of the year where I've set off in teeming rain.
It's interesting that Virgin Atlantic no longer do the boarding by rows thing (or maybe it was because the plane was half full). They announced boarding had started and nobody moved.
I had a brief stopover in Detroit and a flight to Seattle that arrived on time and then sat on the tarmac for a while. Finally we got moving again. Then someone came on the tannoy. There was a police car sitting at our gate and there were other planes backing up behind us, so we had to circle the terminal building until the gate was clear.
It was about seven when I got to my hotel - not far from the Space Needle - but I still managed to walk to find somewhere to eat before retiring. Awoke very early Friday morning.
Since then it's been mostly walking around sightseeing, although there was another thunderstorm Friday afternoon. Fortunately there is a monorail service from the centre of town to the Space Needle.
The Museum of History and Industry was well worth a viisit yesterday. Among the displays was the sign from outside the first Starbuck's. There seems to be a Starbuck's on every block, but I've tended to avoid them, although I think the cafe in Barnes and Noble is a Starbuck's.
