Colds, Pho and big trains

It's my last night in Seattle tonight, and I have a cold so I'm staying in and trying to get rid of it before we hit Vegas tomorrow. I just went for some Pho which has certainly helped clear my sinuses - that combined with the various vitamins and remedies should hopefully get me over the worst of it.

I'm going to miss Seattle, especially the hostel here in Ballard. Everyone here's made me feel so welcome and the place is just really homely - I'll be very suprised to find another hostel anywhere near as great as this one during the rest of my trip.

Yesterday we visited the Experience Music Project in Seattle, which was pretty neat - unfortunately I had to bail on the guys because I felt too rough to go out and do anything in the evening, which was a shame but still, I was bound to get ill at some point while I'm away.

Because I wasn't up to anything today I spent the day kicking around the hostel, chatting to one of the staff here, Alex, about music and coffee, and basically just taking it easy. Managed to do one cool thing today though, on the way back from getting eats. Over here in the States they have freight trains which are just huge - they just go on forever. I've been told they're something like half a mile long. We just happened to be at a spot where we could get up to the tracks as one went past, so we hopped out of the van and ran up the bank to the tracks, and stood feet from the train as it went past - there's something just amazing about being that close to thousands of tonnes of metal rumbling past you - I doubt I'll ever get the chance to do that again!

Next stop, Vegas. Bring it on...