...Seattle-An allergy for keeps...

"Welcome all aboard JetBlue Flight 176 to New York..."

...and I smiled..and mentally checked off a box next to which it said in bold- "Seattle".

I had a wonderful host [hey thanks u:)]..specially coz I landed after a 19 hour flight with no one to talk too..there is limited silence I can take..and boy! 2 words..poor him! I would be scared if I were him coz I think I bored myself talking..lol..nothing new but well...*grin*..

4 days..and was it bliss!!...Sunlight beckoned me, a sure shot relief from the hot and humid everyday story..and I was rejuvinated instantly!...no photographs,vidoes, stories,descriptions,blog entries etc can do it justice...Picturesque, friendly, bright[not always but I was PURE lucky!],swarming with enthusiasm, vibrant....Seattle is all this and more..I didn't know where to start but thoughts started to pour from my ears as soon as the plane took off from the runway..and I penned it down, much to my amazement, probably all I did while I was in air...

Home to Starbucks and Microsoft [now u know why techies need coffee], it is a mysterious city which I mostly covered on foot...hey no ..wait a second..I DID cover it on foot. It has the perfect blend of weather and sights, with mountain ranges and lakes, eateries and cafes, punk shops and elite areas, piercings and fashion, antiques and sophistication, beach and bridges, and the sky scraping downtown harbour area. I ran into places with the most absurd names like 'Mission of life-Bread' which was a bakery, and '65 ways to make my burrito'-Mexican of course..there were busker performances which were absolutely mind blowing, and mostly done for charity. I even did a bit of salsa on the street while a guy hummed some fancy latino music..Was I shy? don't think Seattle has heard that word ever before..and they make sure you leave it at home when you roam the streets!:)..

I can only try and sum up my days as eating or walking, walking or eating or both..I was sleepless, not because I was jetlagged but the enthusiasm, ambience and the long hours of brightness[6 am to 930 pm at least] were responsible for it..of course the gallons of coffee and tonnes of food that was being taken in also added to the bit of insomnia..;)...

Apart from the quaint city environment, another thing that got it big chunky chewy goooey brownie points from me was shopping! Something that is in every girls "must-do-travel kit"...I didn't shop as much as I enjoyed the experience of shopping. The sales people are so fun! Why? coz they talk! and do their jobs with a passion..almost felt like a different continent..eeks it is a different continent..hmmm almost felt like a different planet...hell Singapore could learn some of those skills!

So that was the west coast...and now 2:00 am I sit in the city known as the city of the world..New York...all set to explore and experience more...starting tomorrow I will not give my feet a rest..or my mouth..! specially coz I'm catching up with some of my bessstesssttt buddies tomo..:)..So far so good..caught a glimpse of the much talked about Empire State Building and of course The Statue of Liberty, as we drove down from the JFK airport to Manhattan, via Queens......hmmm and err first impressions..looking around me now I could swear I was in a Delhi DDA colony..

Tomorrow better look up..I didn't pay through my nose and travel half way across the globe to see how you could 'feel at home' in NY....

:)Nitezz.z.z.z..z.z.zZz.z.zZ..z.....