As we arrived at the Seattle Airport, we took an Uber to get to the city. This time, the price would have been around $30, but we had referred a couple of friends so we had gotten a free ride. Again, both of us had an Uber account so we used this to get to and from the airport. Once in the city(it was about 11am by the time we got there), we headed toward the Space Needle. This walk took us through some of the more residential areas of Seattle. We had been told by some locals to not actually go up in the Space Needle, as it was expensive and not really worth it, so we just took a picture from the ground.
After seeing the Space Needle, which to be honest was a little underwhelming but still worth seeing(it's much shorter in person than you would think), we decided to get lunch. We went to Serious Pie. A super cool, almost hipster type pizza restaurant that had some really unique pizzas. We had the yukon gold potato, rosemary, pecorino romano pizza. It was slightly expensive, but we split a pizza and the price came to $8.50 per person. This place was delicious though, and totally worth it. It's actually listed as one of the best pizza places in the US.
Next, we headed to Olympic Sculpture Garden. Seattle has a lot of museums that can be really interesting to see, but they do cost money. We were trying to avoid costs as much as possible, so we skipped the museums that cost money. If you want to see some of the museums, and you are on a budget there are some options. First, Seattle offers a City Pass, which allows you tickets to five of the biggest attractions for a discount. If you have a longer amount of time in Seattle, and want to see the attractions this could be a great option. Also, some museums offer free admission certain days of the month. For example, the Seattle Art Museum offers free admission on the first Thursdays of the month. Anyways, we went to the sculpture garden, which is a little small but the views are great. There are some elaborate sculptures, and the views of the bay are really nice.
Some of the unique sculptures in the park.
View on the water front.
It was around 3 o'clock by the time we finished taking pictures at the Sculpture Garden(we sat on one of the benches to look out over the water), so our next stop was the Columbia Center Sky View Observatory. This is an extremely tall building in Seattle that some locals had recommended. Going here, you can pay to go up to the 73rd floor to look out over Seattle. The price was $14.95 per person, but there were a couple ways you can get a discount such as military, student, and senior citizen. This money was definitely worth the price of admission. Technically, you could pay for one day and come back as much as you wanted, so if you bought a ticket in the morning and left you could come back that evening for free. We highly recommend watching the sunset from here, as the views were amazing, and you could see all of Seattle.
After enjoying the sunset, we made our way back to Pike's Place Market. We walked around the market, saw the Pike Place fish market where they throw the fish, and some of the cool shops and vendors. There are some really unique book stores, comic book stores, and specialty shops. This is also where the original Starbucks is, so while we didn't get anything from it, we did get to see the shop. Our next destination was going to the waterfront and riding the ferris wheel. Again, this does cost money, but you can see some really nice views of the water.
The view of the Ferris Wheel from the boardwalk(there was some construction going on).
On this trip, we did spend a little more money because we wanted to experience as much of Seattle as possible. At this point it was about 7 o'clock and we decided to look for food. We heard great things about Etta's, a fancy seafood restaurant, but this was extremely expensive, like around $30 a person. Instead we ended up getting gelato at Gelatiamo. The cost was around $6 a cup, but was very good. We highly recommended.
Our day in Seattle was an incredible experience in the emerald city. The people are great, the atmosphere is exciting, and the views are unbelievable. Definitely be sure to bring an umbrella, as its been known to rain there...but what sights did we miss in Seattle that we should have gone too? The map below shows our travels, and how we tried to maximize our area in a short amount of time!
Our next adventure is going to be Washington DC. If you want to see more pictures be sure to check out our Instagram page, @americainaday.
Blue skies,
L&K
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