So the guys have arrived here in Seattle, which is cool - spent most of the day with them yesterday once I managed to get myself downtown...
Seattle has a large area of the city which is underground, after a large fire in the 1890's started by a rather clever man who tried to put out a grease fire with water and a peice of wood soaked in turpentine, and further spread by the fire service who tried to use dynamite to stop the fire spreading in a town with buildings constructed from wood. They're pretty smart guys in the North West of America, as you can see.
The tour takes you through some of the old city which is now below the streets in Seattle, and it was pretty interesting - there's not an awful lot to actually see down there but you can at least visualise how things used to be. After that we grabbed lunch and had a few drinks, and met up with Tam and Chad, which was great.
Today though so far I've not done much more than kick around the hostel, which is cool as there were a load of new people here who checked in yesterday, and we have more arriving today. It's nice being able to just relax on the sofa and chat to random people, and you obviously meet people from all over the world with loads of stories.
Actually, why am I in the basement writing this? I'm off...
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