Downtown

Today we got ORCA cards (Seattle public transit) and made the 20 minute trip downtown on the bus. Public transportation here is pretty decent and we have a bus stop just two blocks from our apartment. We got dropped off just one block away from Pike's Market.

Pike's Market rests right along the water and you can find all of the overpriced food and crafts your heart desires. It is definitely a spot that everyone who comes to Seattle must see, but will not be a place we will frequent often. Although it is crowded and touristy, my FAVORITE thing about it is the one dollar tulips which come from here and I am already counting down the days until this festival begins!
We stopped by the popular bakery Piroshky Piroshky which has a wide selection of dough stuffed with either sweet or savory fillings, simply put (you can view the menu here) and although I have such a sweet tooth, we settled on the smoked salmon pate piroshky. It was delicious!

Here is a photo of inside the market. It was not too crowded today but in the summer it must be packed with people.

We continued walking south and stumbled upon a distillery Excited to taste some whiskey, we found our way inside to the tasting room. Unfortunately, Copperworks had only been open a few months and the whiskey was still in barrels doing its distilling thang, which, by the way, seems to be a very complicated process, but they did have samples of vodka and gin for us to taste.

After this, we found our way down to the water and discovered the Seattle Aquarium. We needed to devote an entire afternoon to exploring this place, so we continued walking along the water then over to the next neighborhood which is Pioneer Square. Pioneer Square used to be the center of the Seattle and now it's a historic neighborhood filled with antique shops, old buildings, and underground tours of the city. You can learn more about it here.

The final part of the day was spent wandering around the International District/Chinatown. Seattle is a pretty diverse place and I feel like I am wandering around Asia a lot of the time, but this neighborhood took it a step further. I literally felt like I was transported over to China and got the full experience. Thanks, Seattle Chinatown, you saved me a $2000 plane trip over to the motherland.

 Enjoy!