At the last minute, someone from couchsurfing came through for us and we had somewhere to stay in the University District. We both left work early Friday only to miss the bus, get stuck at a drawbridge, then miss our train to Seattle. After $80 and a phone call to Amtrak we were booked on the next one. With the time we had to kill we ate at Vegetarian House which, I think we’ve concluded, will be our last time there. (Good food, but mysterious stomach pains!)
Our host made us feel welcome and the pull out couch was perfect. For my first experience couchsurfing I was really happy. (We probably saved like $200 in hotel costs!) She lived near bus lines and neat places to eat near The University of Washington. One of these places included the Wayward Cafe where we had breakfast Saturday morning. Perfect blend of vegan, healthy food and grunge.
The rest of Saturday was comprised of heading downtown, walking through the Pike Place Market, seeing the Space Needle (but not going inside, of course… too many families in line), getting tipsy on the lawn west of the Space Needle with a six pack bought from a Kwik E Mart (one of 11 dressed up 7-11’s to promote The Simpsons movie), taking a nap in the Kobe Terrace Park, trespassing and theft, eating at Vegetarian Bistro and then listening to some disappointing dnb at a club in Capitol Hill (I don’t understand… their mp3s are pretty good…).
Sunday we took our host to brunch at Flowers (omg, so good) and then we went back downtown to see the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum.
We probably got back to Portland around 9pm, which left enough time for pizza and beer in NW before getting a bus home.
PS - Kittens are still killing us.
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