Collecting together most of the photos from our time in Seattle – including some from general wandering not covered in other posts.

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
Collecting together most of the photos from our time in Seattle – including some from general wandering not covered in other posts.
A visit to Seattle’s Museum of Flight not only ticked another Concorde off my list, but gave me a chance to hear about something even faster, thanks to a talk by SR-71 pilot Brian Shul.
Visiting a variety pack of tourist attractions in Seattle via the cityPASS scheme.
Our final hotel for the trip went above and beyond in meeting an unusual special request…
To get to Portland, Eugene and back to Seattle we used both of Amtrak’s rail services in the area: the Coast Starlight and Cascades.
With plenty of time to explore Seattle – twice – during this holiday, we were able to appreciate a few different neighbourhoods that offered a more relaxed pace than the city centre – and even a taste of local life.
An overview of the upcoming posts, sketching out the shape of our travels to Seattle, Portland, Eugene and Seattle once more.
An overview and links to coverage of my trip to New York, Vancouver, Seattle and Los Angeles via a mix of international business class flights and long distance trains.
The photographic version of my rail journey along the west coast.
An interactive map of the rail route down the west coast of America.
The first day aboard the coast Starlight, working our way from Seattle, WA to Klamath Falls, OR.
An overview of my ‘roomette’ and the amenities available to sleeper car passengers on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight service, including the Pacific Parlour Car.
From Canada to the US, by train.
Highlights from my first US city.