A hodge-podge sort of day: Seattle, Day 3 (7 July 2017)

With jetlag almost, but not quite, under control, and a planned dinner with friends in the evening, we decided to make today quieter than yesterday, though as it turns out we still managed, according to Garmin, to walk over 11kms. When in Seattle … We started the day by checking out that Starbucks Roastery and … Read more

Why Seattle?: Seattle, Day 2 (6 July 2017)

Some of you, particularly those of you who see New York as your American nirvana (haha, some of you will get that reference), might be wondering why we chose Seattle as the main focus of the new-to-us part of our American winter escape. Well, there are several reasons. It’s new to us, for a start! … Read more

Sleepless to Seattle: Seattle, Day 1 (5 July 2017)

We don’t much like morning flights because it’s so hard to sleep when you wouldn’t normally be sleeping. We much prefer the flight, say, out of Los Angeles, when you leave at 10pm or later. You are ready for a sleep then at least (whether or not you do actually sleep). All this is to … Read more

On the road again (figuratively speaking)

Well folks, we are heading off overseas again, after three years of being Australia-bound. Our destination? Somewhere warm, and easy to organise at late notice. In other words, western United States. The first half of our holiday will be new places to us – Seattle and Sacramento – while the second half will be based … Read more