Friday, our last full day hosted by the Kingston Rotary Club. We were off on the ferry to Seattle, across Puget Sound. First up was the Space Needle, built for the 1962 World Fair. Although the weather wasn't clear, the view from 520 feet was a must see. http://www.spaceneedle.com/
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In some ways, lunch continued at Pike Place Market, where samples of all the fresh produce were aplenty. From fresh salmon, to chocolate pasta, fruit, and spicy jam's. With people everywhere, and vendor's promoting their wares, it felt very much like Melbourne's Queen Vic Markets. Oh, the the first ever Starbucks was right across the street.
We had a great day, full of an assortment of what Seattle has to offer, but I think we all agree that you need more than a day to see Seattle, and that we would have to come back some day.
From here, we were taken on a driving tour of the inner city by our driver, and Shana's host, Fredrick. All week he has navigated us through the Olympic Peninsula, and today we were shown the International District, the Upside down building (it's narrower at it's base), Pioneer Square.
The team was amazed at how many Starbucks there were, almost on every corner.
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A highlight of the day was our tour of the Seattle Public Library. A very interesting building architecturally, and functionally. We had a great tour guide, very passionate about books and the interaction we have with them. We were even treated to a tour of the book sorting machine, which is usually only for employee's eye's only. Very sophist acted, and handles 1200 books an hour, and sorts for over 20 library's in the district, plus Seattle itself. Our tour at the Library was followed by a lunch at the Women's University Club. Hosted by Jerry's hosts from the Kingston Rotary Club.
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In some ways, lunch continued at Pike Place Market, where samples of all the fresh produce were aplenty. From fresh salmon, to chocolate pasta, fruit, and spicy jam's. With people everywhere, and vendor's promoting their wares, it felt very much like Melbourne's Queen Vic Markets. Oh, the the first ever Starbucks was right across the street.After departing the market with a bag of fresh, hot mini doughnuts, 
Washington University was our next stop. The Dean of Forestry is an Australian, an old friend of Jerry's from Forestry School. He showed us around the beautiful campus, and told of the student numbers (~250) within Forestry, and about the program they run there.
Washington University was our next stop. The Dean of Forestry is an Australian, an old friend of Jerry's from Forestry School. He showed us around the beautiful campus, and told of the student numbers (~250) within Forestry, and about the program they run there.We had a great day, full of an assortment of what Seattle has to offer, but I think we all agree that you need more than a day to see Seattle, and that we would have to come back some day.
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