After my last post, we regrouped from our naps and recovery sessions. Our dinner plans charged a bit, so we decided to explore downtown Seattle.
We left the condo and tried to head to the market. Having lived here 10 years ago, and only exploring the market twice, I was slightly embarrassed by how lost I was. It took me a while to get my barings. But once we found the market, we were once again surprised by how closed it was.
I had no idea that the market closed so early! It was about 6pm and everything was packed away, shut down, and cleaned out.
So we walked around imagining what it looked like open. We wondered out side and around the block looking for something good to eat, but we didn’t want to spend too much. We had been walking for a while when we caught the smell of something delicious. We followed our noses and found a little tiny restaurant called The Falafel King. It smelled so good, but was so tiny, we weren’t sure we’d even have a placed to sit. So we continued on for about half a block and then decided to turn around and try the Falafel.
It was super tasty and different and cheap! It’s right on the other side of the market. We had some seats outside and got some great people watching. Across the street was the first Starbucks, which we visited after we ate. I got to watch someone get arrest right in front of it. I have no idea what he did, but there were tons of cops there to arrest him.
There was also an old man that walked by us, using the fence for a support. He was probably in his 80s or later, but he wore a hat that said #swag. He was my hero, but he was gone before I could get a picture.
After dinner we went a took some pictures at some of the sights.
And walked the block again looking for something sweet to finish off out dinner.
We went to a place called Shug’s and got some over priced ice cream since everything else was closed for the night.
It was starting to rain so we tried to head back to our room. We ran across a couple of homeless people bands along the way. It was an odd mix of crazy and talent.
I was starting to feel more comfortable with my sense of direction now and led us back a different way. We got to see the gum wall
And found our way back to the room just as the rain really picked up. It made us feel like we were back in Texas.
It was a good way to end the day at least.
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