Our first 3 days have passed in a haze of planes, trains, ferries and automobiles.
After a hairy delay due to snowy conditions back home we had a pleasant and uneventful flight into LA. On arrival we welcomed the jacuzzi, chandeliered lobby and downy pillows of the Hilton hotel for our 'lay over,' this was to be our last sniff of home comforts before embarking on a haphazard journey of motels, coach surfing and hostels.
After the onslaught of mind warping commercials in LA alternating ads for fast food - '30 shrimp for 11.99, MAN that a lot of shrimp!' And ads for weight loss tablets - 'warning may cause severe diarrhoea and nausea' we found the friendly and down to earth nature of Seattle so very refreshing.
It was here that we had out First experience with couch surfing. We took the ferry over to Bremerton on the peninsula and met our hosts for the evening Kevin and Sara who provided us with dinner and a place to rest our heads, but more precious to us than this were the non tangible gifts which they give to us during our stay. Sara had a wealth of knowledge about Seattle and spent the evening enlightening us on the great things to do in this awesome city. Kevin kindly took us to walmart to buy a GPS and even better than this, he took us to Otis Spunkmeirs; overpriced coffee for a good reason - the lady serving it to you sports a different scantily clad, nipple tassle based outfit most days. It definitely draws in the truckers (and gawking tourist like us too!)
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Twilight, the infamous book, will be responsible for our latter adventures with these hosts (courtesy of Susie) as we take a trip over to 'Forks' with them this weekend. We hope we'll be able to treat them to something special to say thank you and perhaps to share a beer with them in their hot tub!
We are across the border in Canada at the moment and plan on exploring Gastown and downtown today, maybe Stanley park too. The kindly staff here at the City centre motor motel(a.k.a. the Norman Bates motel) have let us keep our car parked here while we hop the number 19 bus in to town.
Warning : do not arrive in Canada with only American dollars and an American GPS, you will be broke and lost, respectively.
Our great revelation this holiday has been that wifi is an essential travelling tool and are not quite sure how we managed in the past without it!
We hope to keep you updated over the coming weeks,
Lots of Love,
Jan and Susie.
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