Seattle’s Space Needle and Other Landmarks

This day was filled with a trip to Seattle’s Space Needle and other landmarks that will be forever remembered.

From our awesome hotel, The Hyatt House, we walked across to The Space Needle.  We were there first thing in the morning and were some of the first at the Needle.

From the top of The Needle, the view was incredible because the weather could not have been better.  We could see for miles and found many of the city landmarks.

Would  I recommend this expensive experience?  Yes.  Everyone should go to the top of that city landmark at least once.

ABOVE – This picture was actually taken from the roof of our hotel the evening of our visit to the needle.

It was a great view from the Needle.  The weather was perfect!

I spy!  The owner of this building has a great sense of humor, they’ve painted some scary looking BIG spiders on the top of their building.

Besides Seattle’s Space Needle, we then headed to another landmark which was just a couple of steps to Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, just steps from The Space Needle.  If you are a lover of art this is a stop you must make when visiting Seattle.

I’m going to share lots of pictures here just because this gentleman’s art speaks for itself.

Chihuly’s Glass House

ABOVE – I was able to meet the Fine Art Specialist who was kind enough to take some extended time to talk to me about Chihuly’s works of art, and about his start into blown glass.  I was very intrigued and please to learn that Mr. Chihuly began his career in interior design.

The above small pieces were priced at $5,000 and above, but they were certainly unique and very much an investment.

Once we finished with our interior tour we were then lead out into the garden where this incredibly creative art continued.

When you enter the tour you are given some earphones to listen to a guided tour through the museum.  You must have your cell phone with internet access to listen to the tour.

We we finished the glass tour we took a short walk across the park to the EMP Museum, which highlights the entertainment industry.

During our visit there was a Star Trek special exhibition which we paid a little more to enjoy.  Here is Mr. Wonderful making the most of the experience.

Look at that creative display!  How many guitars do you think are displayed?

Who hasn’t seen The Wizard of Oz?  Here is the BAD witches hat.

Seeing all of those city landmarks made for a full day, so we headed back to the hotel for some R&R and to pack our bags for our early departure the next morning.

Tomorrow we will cover our time in Victoria, Canada.

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