Travel experiences across the world
Vancouver greeted us with a crisp fall morning, and we set off to make the most of it -after having done laundry! When I stay in apartments I choose ones with washing machines, that way I can pack light and wash my clothes as often as I want. That said, this trip upholds my belief… Continue reading Coal Harbor, Vancouver Art Gallery, Gastown
This is going to be a short one today! First thing this morning we bid adieu to a cloudy Seattle to embark on our last leg of this trip, Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. There are no shortage of ways to go from one city to another, as they are so close to each other:… Continue reading Bus to Vancouver
For our last day in Seattle, the first thing I wanted to do was to visit the Seattle Japanese Garden, which is nestled inside the huge Washington Arboretum. I knew I wanted to visit because I love Japanese gardens, but I didn’t quite know what to expect: this one is not as big or as… Continue reading Seattle Japanese Garden, Burke Museum, University of Washington
Day Trip Day! Like in Portland, I wanted to make sure one of the four days I had allocated to Seattle was set aside for a day trip, and the first one all the guidebooks bring up is Bainbridge Island, a geographically large island that is conceptually a small seaside town, across the Puget Sound… Continue reading Bainbridge Island
My plan for this morning was to head over to the Seattle Center, a huge square area west of downtown Seattle that houses a bunch of landmarks and points of interest: first and foremost the world famous Space Needle, but also the Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Museum of Pop Culture, the Pacific Science Center,… Continue reading Seattle Center, Olympic Sculpture Park
Today was our first day in Seattle and we walked so much that it was almost our last! When I design my itineraries I always start with what I want to see most, so that if anything happens or I run out of time by the end of the trip, I won’t feel too bad… Continue reading Seattle Art Museum, Pike Place, Pine Street
This is gonna be a short one, sorry! Today was mostly about bidding farewell to Portland and getting to Seattle. This morning we were greeted by a cold drizzle, a quintessential Pacific Northwest fall day that seemed tailored to the occasion. We went to Union Station to take our Amtrak Cascades train in the morning.… Continue reading Train to Seattle
We kinda worked our way through most of Portland’s sights already, all of them a success too except for the closed Art Museum, or at least all of the sights we were meaning to check out: we didn’t go to the International Rose Test Garden, even though people keep bringing it up, but honestly I’m… Continue reading Nob Hill, Mississippi Ave, Hawthorne
My main plan for today was to get away from the city and explore the Oregon wilderness a bit, and for that I selected a half-day tour of the Columbia River Gorge. We set off on a cool, gray morning to go to a hotel downtown, where our tour guide picked us up first on… Continue reading Columbia River Gorge
Our first stop for today was one of the highlights of any visit to Portland: Powell’s City of Books, the world’s largest independent bookstore! I knew from my previous visit that one should plan to spend an entire morning at Powell’s, so we made sure to get there shortly after they opened at 10AM. It… Continue reading Powell’s, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Pittock Mansion
