Mrs. Fine’s Travel Blog

If you know me, you know I am an amazon.com fan. They should really hire me to be their spokesperson. Anway, when we were sailing away and I asked my friend, Kathy, what the building was on the hill in Seattle, she said it was Amazon’s headquarters. It used to be a [...]

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These show the beautiful skyline of Seattle.

This is Qwest Field where the Seahawks play

This is Safeco Field where the Mariners play.

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Today is Monday, but we sailed out of Seattle on Saturday. Sunday was an all day on the seas so we had no internet connection via our Verizon wireless card. I’ve yet to be able to get my Gmail to connect, so if you have emailed me, I hope to read it soon. [...]

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Our last stop on the tour was the Pike Place Market.
As you can see by the pictures it was VERY CROWDED. Being a Friday, they had market day and not to mention all of us tourist.
You kind of had to creep along with the crowd to make your way through. [...]

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For lunch, we ate at Anthonys Pier 66. It was right on the water. As you come into the restaurant you will see a sculpture of a fish made out of baseballs (I suppose it is to commemorate the Seattle Mariners). Pictured in front of the fish are my two nephews, Peyton [...]

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We started the day going to the Space Needle. A little about the Space Needle:
Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World’s Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 [...]

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We flew from Birmingham this morning and arrived about 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) in Seattle. From my in-laws room an unexpected view was seen – Mt. Ranier. If you have ever been to Seattle, you know that sometimes you can see it and sometimes you can’t. This was a rare time that [...]

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Welcome to my brand new travel blog. Each year I have been lucky enough to go somewhere in the world outside of Alabama. This year we are doing a repeat cruise to Alaska. I can’t wait. We will leave this Thursday to fly to Seattle and get on our ship there. [...]

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