Fallin' in love

With Seattle, that is.

What a gorgeous city! I love how it's quite compact and it's possible to walk from one end to the other.

My favourite place, as I'm sure is the favourite place of many travellers here, is the Pike Street Public Markets. It's got an amazing atmosphere and some really unique things to buy. The fruit is fresh, tasty and cheap, well, cheap compared to the same thing in Australia.

I've been living on cherries, jumbo strawberries and bananas. You may not know this, but a hurricane on the north east of Australia wiped out most of the banana plantations and therefore bananas had cost a small fortune in Australia. I got a decent bunch at the Markets for US$1, I would estimate that in Australia, I would pay probably US$5-6 for the same amount.

We also went up the Space Needle, visited the Pacific Science Center and walked along the waterfront.

I would love to go on a ride on the "Duck", an amphibious vehicle, but I doubt we have the time for this.

As I've marveled before, the weather has been extraordinarily great. Lots of sunshine and warmer than I expected.

Our Seattle trip is coming to an end in the next few days, and we'll be heading down to L.A. for yet another conference. This means I have a few flight changes to make, a few flight reservations to do and some hunting for hotels.