Nate had work-related meetings in Seattle for a couple of days early this week, so we decided to extend the travel into a long-weekend trip and drove up on Saturday. Nate's advisor Lorenzo and his wife Meta and son Luca also made a weekend of it; having lived in Seattle for 5 year, they were great tour guides. We even lucked into a few rain-free days! Seattle is a city of neighborhoods, nestled among hills and lakes. Upon arrival, we drove straight to the Fremont neighborhood and got a great lunch at a fun vegetarian restaurant, then walked around to visit some of the famous Fremont street art. We took in the sites at the Pike Street Market, went on the Seattle Underground tour and had a great meal at Wild Ginger, a well-regarded Asian restaurant in the downtown area. On Sunday morning, we were the lone tourists at the Space Needle/Seattle Worlds Fair grounds. We also took in some beautiful views of the Olympic Peninsula from high up on Queen Anne hill and of snow-capped Mt. Ranier from the UW campus. And we ate some delicious food- sushi, asian bbq, Pagliacci's pizza and french pastry were some of the highlights!
