the norwegians were here

second installment: weekend two
pike place market and seattle center

saturday dawned bright and sunshiny and wonderful. we started the morning with a walk to kerry and marshall parks and then slowly made our way down queen anne hill walking residential streets and picking out our favorite houses.

we hopped on the bus and rode to downtown. we started at the north end of the market so kristin and rune could get their morning coffee at the original starbucks store. like all the other tourists, we stalked the store so we could get photos of them as they came out with their drinks. they loved it!

we strolled through the market, admiring the fall dahlia's and shopping for treasures. johanne got some jewelry and kristin and rune got some artwork to remind of them seattle. we watched the fish being thrown, rode the pig and ate the best corndogs EVER. and followed those up with a couple dozen of the mini donuts. who goes to the market without getting those mini donuts?

my advice of the day, always, always, always get the cinnamon sugar mini donuts when visiting the market. you can watch them being made and the guy working there always does these tricks and throws the donuts way high up the air and still makes it in the bag. they are a market must. you can thank me for the tip later. :)

after taking the monorail back to the seattle center, we spent the new few hours having the time of our lives at the amusement center. I have never before gone on any rides or spent any time in this part of the the center but it sure was fun. the lines were pretty much nonexistent and einar had the time of his life! totally worth it. but doesn't look like anyone was suffering does it? I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

us girls at marshall park overlooking magnolia and elliott bay.

very happy people.

I never tire of the market. ever.

a boy and his pig.

my norwegian family.

johanne and einar posing for me.

einar is just getting warmed up on the kiddle bumper cars.

for this! now he's prepared to kick it with the big kids.

these guys were hilarious to watch. so much fun!

kristin isn't a fan of "rickety" rides so I was her stand in with rune on this.

look at einar's face. priceless.

einar is really in that dragon near the window even though you can't see him very well. I just thought it was a cool photo.

last time kristin was here, she went down and tried to touch the dome in between songs without getting wet. she was not successful. she opted not to try again this trip. :)

but the afternoon is still young.

to be continued...