Today is our last and final day in Seattle! Yet another city
that I could see myself living in, another city I have fallen in love with. As
Rebekah and I were talking today we realized that the best thing about this
city has been the people, mainly the people we stayed with. These hosts have
blessed so many people! They are really just amazing, genuine people who like
to have a good time. And because of that all of us surfers have a good time
too!
As we headed out this morning it was sad to say goodbye, but
good to start another adventure. We have affirmed, yet again, that we will
never pack this much stuff for another trip. It really doesn’t help that one of
the wheels on my suitcase has stopped working, so half the time I am dragging a
60 pound suitcase down the street! The two of us, our host, and another surfer
headed to our host’s office to drop our luggage off. Remember those hills we
had to walk up yesterday? The ones that were super steep and long? Well we had
to take ALL of our stuff up a few. Luckily we had our sweet couchsurfer friend,
and he pulled my suitcase while I pushed. We must have been quite the site
going up that hill, because there were some business men staring out the window
laughing hysterically at us. Thanks guys, thanks.
Once we did eventually make it there, we dropped the luggage
off and headed out for our last day in the city! Today had been kind of cloudy,
and as we were walking around looking for a coffee shop, it started to rain!
(Imagine that, rain in Seattle?) We go in a coffee shop just in time, and sat
doing some work on our computers until it was time to head to our movie. We
were going to see Ice Age 4! The movie was ok. There were some hilarious parts
where I laughed my head off, and then there quite a few just ok/boring parts.
But over all it was a cute movie.
Afterwards we were looking around the mall for lunch, but
couldn’t find much. All of us wanted pizza, so we found a cute little place a
few blocks away. Mods pizza was awesome, and definitely reasonably priced. I
got a Dillion James pizza, which had: sausage, basil, mozzarella, tomato and
garlic. Delicious! Once we were done with lunch we had to say goodbye to our
newfound friend, which was sad. Then off we went to pick up our luggage! We
took a taxi from our host’s house to Union station, which even though it was
only half a mile, it was a very long way to walk with a broken 60 pound
suitcase!
We are now sitting in the train station waiting for our
train which has been delayed at least an hour. It is so hard to believe that I
will be home in just one week. I have been gone from my house for 34 days now
and it seems like forever! So much has happened in that long, and I have
enjoyed every moment of it! But truth be told, I am feeling ready to get back
to my home, my family and my other friends. This has been the trip of a
lifetime, and I can’t wait to enjoy the next week of it!
~Rebekah
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