Seattle and Portland

On Saturday Jason had a training in Portland for his Apple campus rep job, so we decided to make it a little vacation. We left on Wednesday and flew into Portland. We picked up our rental car and drove straight to Seattle. We got there in the early evening, so we hurried to the Moore theater because Regina Spektor was playing there and I wanted to see her, but her show was sold out. We waited in front of the theater hoping they would release tickets and eventually they did so we got to see her that night. She was really good! Thursday we went to the top of the Space Needle, rode the ferry to Bainbridge Island and walked around Pike Place Market. Seattle is a fun city and there were lots of other things we wanted to do, I guess we will have to go back. Thursday afternoon we headed back to Portland. It is about a 3 hour drive. We found our hotel which was a very nice 4 star hotel. Parking was a HUGE pain, I guess we take lots of free parking for granted here. That night we found a yummy Indian restaurant. Friday we went to the Portland temple, and the International Rose Garden. Then we ate at this fun Irish Pub we found. Jason had his training all day Saturday so I went to a coffee shop and took advantage of the free Wi-Fi, then did some shopping. We had a really nice time and I am sad to be back because I have to go back to school tomorrow and Jason leaves for Cupertino on Saturday, that is going to be horrible. I am really dreading it.


I loved the fresh flowers.
Jason with some honey, I'm sure it isn't as good as Millers!!
I love fresh seafood, it was cool to see these big fish getting thrown around.
Us in front of the Moore theater.
At the top of the Space Needle.
Me enjoying some Starbucks hot chocolate from the top of the space needle, we found out there are 337 Starbucks in Downtown Seattle!
They had these cool interactive stations at the top, Jason was quite entertained!
Jason with the Seattle skyline.
Us riding the ferry.
This is on the beautiful Bainbridge Island.
Us in front of the marina.
Us at Pike Place.
I love fresh produce, I really wish we had a good farmers market here.
Jason with the unoffical Pike Place mascot, Rachel the Pig.
This guy had a ferret, it was kinda gross that he put it on my head for the picture.
Us in front of the gum wall, that is gum all over the wall.
Me in front of the original Starbucks, it was opened in 1971.
This is me in front of Meredith Grey's house from Grey's Anatomy, this is where the interns live, and we met the lady who really lives there, she was cool and told us all about the show and how they filmed parts there.
Here we are at the yummy Indian restaurant.
The Portland Temple
Us at the temple.
Us at the rose gardens.
This is us at the Irish pub.