We went to a baseball game Friday night - wow, the Seattle Mariners are really bad!Walked for ages yesterday around Seattle. After visiting the colourful Pike Street Market, we signed up for an architectural tour of the Public Library by Rem Koolhaas in the afternoon, and thought we'd kill time at COCA (center on contemporary arts). We hiked up First Hill and down the other side, got lost, re-read the guidbook and realised we still had an hour until the center opened. So we found a little cafe in the right street, passed a pleasant hour, then wandered along .... to find the center had moved to the other side of town. Doh! So we headed back towards the library. Still an hour to kill, so thought we'd go up the Bank of America tower... Nope, that's closed on the weekend. Fine! So we sat in the library reading until the tour. And it was worth the wait, but Steve'll tell you more about that. All I'll say is that the foam red chairs were really cool and I want some.
We came back to Canada by bus, but had to wait 90 very hot minutes just for it to turn up. The border was not too busy when we got there, but it took forever to arrange the baggage into appropriate groups for dropping off. The driver was the grumpiest ever, who told one lady he didn't stop at the Rail station, had never stopped at the rail station, and was running late so would she please just get on the bus. Old world charm, as the scots guy next to me said. Unfortunately, we were two hours late returning to Vancouver, so missed the chance to meet up with Bastien and Manue for the fireworks and a beer. We spoke to them this morning, and wish them a very happy trip round the Rockies. We did catch the fireworks, which were by Sweden and were fantastic (we're such jaded Montrealers though. Hmm, not as big/colourful/varied..)
