Amazing Trip

I went to the west coast trip on March 20th to 22th. I visited many famous places in Seattle and I noticed  that the people, food, and buildings in Seattle were extremly nice. I cannot get over the warm and friendly people, delicious food,  tall and beautiful buildings there were. Except the sudden bad shower, it was comfortable and shiny weather. Food was very delicious,especially  lasagna, I had it in the Spaghetti Factory near Pike Place Market. I took many photos because I cannot see these beautiful building in Japan. The ownscape and atmosphere of the town made me feel I am really in Hollywood movie. While in Seattle, I visited more than ten places and I found my favorite places, so I am going to introduce my top 3 Seattle trip memories.

 

SAFECO FIELD

I was really impressed when I got to Safeco Field; I was almost in tears. Of course I was really impressed by how big it was, but the reason was that it was my special place for me, because before my lovely father was gone, we planned to go there with my family. My father really loved baseball, especially baseball player Ichiro Suzuki who is now on the Miami Marlines. My father played baseball for 17 years and his dream was to go to Safeco field with us. So at the same time, I was really happy to come there, but I little of me felt that I wanted to come visit there with my father. Anyway, I could sit where people are interviewed after finishing a game,and where entering the field and take a lot of photos. It was like a dream because I was in the same place where famous players play baseball.

 

STARBUCKS

Pike Place’s  Starbucks was crowded with many people from over the world, because it is an exraordinary, in the first, Starbucks in the world. Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in Pike Place Market in down town Seattle. But beyond that, there is nothing special about this place, such as expecting long lines for the exact same coffee you ordered at any other Starbucks. We waited almost one hour to get tumblers, original coffee beans, and take out coffee. It made me exhausted, but when I was in line, I could see people who playing a musical instrument. It was great and it was like Native American music. Also, I could talk to  people who came from Korea, China, and Spain. They asked me, “Where are you from,” and it was good practice for speaking English.

SPACE NEEDLE

The Space Needle is one of the landmarks in Seattle. 605 feet and the view from the top was incredibly beautiful. The day that we visited was fortunately a sunny day, so I could see the river, mountain, downtown clearly. The river was very clear, blue and shiny, I could see more than 500 tree clearly on the mountain and I also could see a stranger who was walking in downtown. We also had brunch in the Space needle. It was so great. Eating while seeing the landscape was so luxurious and I thought that I have never had such a great brunch before. I cannot compare it with Commons food. I felt that I wanted to have Space needle’s lunch again before I go back to Japan.

My image of Seattle and America, was that it was crowded, busy, and the people were not friendly; but it was definitely a stereotype. The food, people, and buildings in Seattle were  extremly nice, because as I was taking a photo by myself, and people who just happened to be walking always by always asked me, “Would you like me to take your picture?” I learned from this trip that there are many places in America. I stayed in Spokane and do not go out often so I did not know that there are beautiful and shiny places in America. I could learn a lot of things such as American culture, lifestyle, and about the American people, and I came to like America more and more.