In Dec 2006 Kenneth, Connie and I went to Seattle so that Kenneth could take part in the US Junior Open championship and to meet the coaches from the different colleges in US with the hope of entering one of them. It was a memorable trip as the area was hit by one of the worse storms in the history of the city.
Almost the entire city was down with power outages ... traffic lights were not working, there was not heating in the hotel and they had to give out food from the freezer before the food went bad. Even the gas stations were not working as the gas pumps could not operate. The tournament had to change location as the original squash center did not have power to light up the courts. So most of the matches were played at the Seattle Athletic Center right next to the Pike Place Markets.
Fortunately, this second visit is under much better conditions. There is so much history and stories around the markets; best to do a tour to know it all but here are some highlights - the original Starbuck coffee shop with the long queue of tourists trying to get in. The locals knows better.
Check out the original logo which is quite different from the current one.
Of course, we cannot miss the most photographed sign in Seattle.
Seattle also supports a very artistic environment, so even the streets are full of art works around the markets. Here are a couple of them - laundry line and drainage pipes!
Almost the entire city was down with power outages ... traffic lights were not working, there was not heating in the hotel and they had to give out food from the freezer before the food went bad. Even the gas stations were not working as the gas pumps could not operate. The tournament had to change location as the original squash center did not have power to light up the courts. So most of the matches were played at the Seattle Athletic Center right next to the Pike Place Markets.
Fortunately, this second visit is under much better conditions. There is so much history and stories around the markets; best to do a tour to know it all but here are some highlights - the original Starbuck coffee shop with the long queue of tourists trying to get in. The locals knows better.
Check out the original logo which is quite different from the current one.
Of course, we cannot miss the most photographed sign in Seattle.
Seattle also supports a very artistic environment, so even the streets are full of art works around the markets. Here are a couple of them - laundry line and drainage pipes!
