One Day before Alaska!

Our cruise left on Sunday, so Saturday morning we headed up to Seattle to spend the night. The hotel we stayed at had some pretty great views. Here's the Space Needle, and the sound. Mostly I liked the picture of the Sound because of the sunshine rays in the top right corner (click the pictures to make them big; really, you need to because I think they're worth it!). ; )



Our hotel was within walking distance of Pike's Place Market, so we decided to go watch people throw fish around. Of course, we totally neglected to bring our camera to get pictures. We found a cute Irish pub to eat at called Kells. Apparently, there's one here in Portland that we'll definitely need to check out sometime in the near future - they had a really good scotch list! We wandered around some more and hit up some stores, then headed back to the hotel to relax.

The views from our room were just as great at night.




The next morning, we were up and running. Our first stop was breakfast. Due to my terrible map reading skills, the place we'd decided on the night before was ruled out due to distance. Thankfully, my map reading skills allowed us (Jeff) to find the most AMAZING breakfast EVER. Seriously. Every single person needs access to a SweetIron for their unbelievable liege waffles. The words incredible deliciousness don't even begin to cover the amazingness of their waffles. I went for a brie and basil waffle. It was so good that I made Jeff order me another waffle. We decided to split a prosciutto with house-made cream fraiche waffle. He refused to let me eat anymore after that. : (

On the upside, he did remind me of the cruise we were about to take and that we could shop at Patagonia if I stopped stuffing my face. So we headed off to Pier 66. We walked to Patagonia where I found a super cute shirt:

Then, it was time to board the ship! It was a fairly quick and painless process. Once we were on board the Norwegian Pearl, we decided to grab lunch. Because, you know, the waffles weren't enough. : ) Once we were done with that, we were able to head to our room. Our balcony was starboard, so we had great views of Seattle. See?




Bon voyage, Seattle!

Our next day was spent at sea, so there aren't any real exciting pictures from that. We pretty much ate way too much food, caught up with A & J, ate way too much food again, played trivia, drank some alcohol, ate way too much food, and slept.

Next stop, Juneau, Alaska!