astrid

living a dream...

my last day in Seattle today....tomorrow night I'm flying to San Francisco.... had a great weekend here and in Vancouver....

FRI night I was still in Canada and went dancing with some friends there at MESA LUNA.... good night.... and biggest surprise ever - met Cobana, a friend from London in that place...!! he was just standing there by the bar when my friend Nathalie and I walked in..... what a surprise...!!!
he had just got to VAN 3 hours earlier for some meetings over the weekend.... and first thing he did, was find his way to a salsa place... ;) yaaaiii.... soooo great to see him there.... yes, this small small world.... :)

on SAT I drove back to Seattle with Sasko, George and their friend Iman.... nice road-trip with good company and I had my 3 personal bodyguards with me at the border crossing.... ;)

ooohh - and the beautiful view at Mount Baker while we were driving South.... loved it... !!

we managed to find Cheesecake Factory in Bellevue thanks to some great directions and sense of orientation.... yeah Sasko, don't miss that hand-wave to the left again... ;)
nice food there....and more dancing at Century afterwards.....
they all stayed at Carolina's as well.... was a nice SAT night / SUN morning....

after the guys left again on SUN afternoon Carolina and I went to Snoqualmia waterfall.... about 20 mins from Bellevue.... it's higher than the Niagara falls, but not as wide.... still really impressive and beautiful.... and nice little hike over the rocks there.... and yeah - I did take a picture and will post it here as soon as I have it developed on disc....
NB - for everyone I haven't told before, I'm just using disposable cameras on this trip cause I don't wanna take fancy electronic equipment on my trip through latin America.... not the best idea....

when we got back to her house her husband had made some huuuuuggee hamburgers for us.... they were great, but way too big to fit into your mouth for a normal bite.... yeah, that's America for you.... but thanks, Bob...!!! was super-sweet of you.... and we managed to eat them with knife and fork.... :)
then more nice music from Carlos at Mojito Cafe, and Salsa with TUMBAO at Triple Door that night....

don't really wanna write much about the little car accident we had on our way from one place to the other.... no worries - nothing serious happened, noone got hurt.... just car damage and the other guy was at fault so his insurance will have to pay....
and we had some great witnesses with us (behind us) as well.... thanks Andre and Kathy... :)

MON - another hot and sunny day in Seattle...!! Carolina had to work so I took her bike to Lake Sammamish State Park and went swimming there.... beautiful day and the lake was just perfect....not too cold and not too warm.... first time I went swimming in a lake on this trip.... sooooo nice.... yeah - life is great....

we went up to Newcastle, WA, Golf course after I got back to her house to see an amazing sunset over Seattle's skyline and Olympic peninsula..... this world can be sooooo beautiful....

so tomorrow I'll have to do some laundry, pack my stuff and will be dancing in SAN FRAN tomorrow night..... Jay just told me it'll be Salsa straight after the airport... yyaaaiii.... :)

more soon.... xxxx

posted by Astrid @ 2:35 AM