I then took the Monorail down to Pike Street and had a wander round one of the main shopping streets. Found a coffee shop which specialises in Mocha's. They do a "Viennese" mocha which tastes like a hot chocolate, but still has a double shot of espresso in it.
Then took the monorail back to the Space centre; worth pointing out the monorail ride is only a mile at most. I then went to the EMP - Experience Music Project. On the ground floor its a museum about the history of the Seattle music scene, with halls dedicated to local musicians; some guy called Jimi Hendrix and a band called Nirvana(?). On the top floor is "the studio", which can only be described as Guitar Hero but on the actual instruments, with LEDs indicating where your fingers should be, or which drum on the kit to hit. Even more impressive is that you can plug your mp3 player in and play along to any of your songs.
From there I went to the Pacific Science Museum which, along with most of the Space centre was build for the world fair in 1962. Put it this way, you can tell its quite old. There were some interesting bits, worryingly in the "test your body" area my hand grip strength was off the chart. At the IMAX cinema I saw a film about the 787 and how its evolved as the "ultimate" aircraft. There were some appalling inaccuracies; my favourite was the scene where we were led to believe they were announcing the launch of the 787 programme, even though there was a poster hanging underneath the CEO celebrating the Trent 1000's certification, and a picture of the 787.
Then had a wander back through Queen Anne to the apartment. Learning point of the day: Seattle is not flat!
PS First Photos are up, link on the left
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