The two hours flight with United went without a hitch and thanks to Min Lin membership in the Lufthansa/Star Alliance "Miles and more" silver status we got priority boarding and extra leg space on the flight. The only trouble was the fact that the plane left at 6h15am meaning we woke up around 4am.
Our ride from Tacoma to Seattle was with an Indian Sikh driver that played typical Indian music clip with the hypnotic dance move.
Our hotel, Pan Pacific, looks luxurious but they didn't have a room for us ready so early so we went on a 1h quest to find a breakfast place and ended up at a cafe next to the towering Space Needle.
After we ate we bought a Seattle City Pass and started by visiting the adjacent Science-Fiction Museum and Experience the music with a fun bonus Jim Henson exhibition.
We then proceeded to a Lebanese cafe on Blanchard (looks like most eating place are also cafes!) - the alternative lunch places was an endless series of brunch for weekends. The gyro was good but Min Lin's falafel were a pale and tasteless version of the excellent falafel place in San Jose that Matt made us discover.
Going down to the water on Blanchard, we are overwhelmed by the odor of urine at every corner. Undesired bonus: a used condom on the sidewalk.
Not surprisingly, the city is hostile to people with small bladder as old reliable pee stations such as Starbucks and libraries have locked toilets "for customers only". Is it worth a smelly and disgusting city? Sounds to me like businesses shoot themselves in the foot collectively...
As it is the Seafair parade, some streets are lined up with chairs since early in the morning. The parade is a huge event but we only stopped for a glimpse.
We had dinner at the Wasabi Bistro on 2nd and Bell (an area with many restaurants): king crab soup, garden roll and bay scallop roll. Very good but expensive - 46$. Luckily, Min Lin printed a 25$ gift certificate for the restaurant she got through the airlines miles program of United so the actual total was closer to 20$.
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