surprise, surprise

Back in Toronto I would like to report about our trip to Seattle...

It all started aprox. 6 weeks ago, the day Sebe (a good friend of us) skyped with Kai talking about a gig in Seattle (he must have forget to mention the gig in Los Angeles...otherwise we would have been flying to LA...). Because Seattle is not sooooo far away Kai proposed to surprise Sebe and the rest of the band "Sylvan" by joining their concert in Seattle. Okay, we sort it out and decided to go to Seattle.

For me it was ...hey we will fly to Seattle...cool and our accountants said, "it´s strange, never heard about going to Seattle for holidays...":-)

So, we did last week. We left on the 13th October...It´s a 4,5 hour flight to Seattle and 3 hour difference in time. (At this time I don´t have to mention that we had a terrific sunny fall when we left, do I? ;-))

When we arrived in Seattle it rained cats and dogs...

But the next day- THE DAY OF OUR SURPRISE! - the sun came up and we prepared ourselves to make a sightseeing tour by walking around. It´s a nice city...from the famous Pike Place Market, to the pioneer square, to shopping...to the concert...!!

Kai and I played hide-and-seek until the concert started, so the band couldn´t see us. During the first song I jumped up and down and took some pictures until Sebe finally saw me ...and Kai.

It was so funny to see his face and the ? on his forehead...because he´d never expected us our surprise worked out successfully!!! :-)

The next day we spent our day with the guys by going shopping. (by the way - I never went shopping with 6 men...that was really a new expierence... !) In the evening it started raining again, but never mind...we enjoyed a very nice dinner at an Italian Restaurant Seattle downtown.

The next few days Kai and I left Seattle to visit Vancouver, THE GREAT CITY on the West coast.

After a rainy day (lovely sunshine in Toronto) in a less nice hotel..., not able to rebook our flights (not under 400 $ - that´s a long story) we left Vancouver (the reason for the quick leaving was the weather and that we were saturated with shopping...WE DEFINETLY HAVE TO and WILL BE BACK!!) to drive all the way back to Seattle. At least it didn´t rain there. We visited the Science fiction museum as well as the EMP-Center and in the evening to the movies to watch "W"...(sorry, Mr. president...I dropped off!! But Kai said it was more "self-critical" than expected!!).

To summerize...nice city, succesful surprise, good to see the guys, rainy days, no shopping anymore..(okay..;-)) and glad to be home again...(when we arrived Saturday night at home we met some people in the elevator...he saw us, tired with lots of bags...his only comment was "home sweet home" - smiling! :-) he could read our minds...!!

And here are some pictures as usual! Take care!