day 6

today we headed to pike’s place market garage – then explored the piers before the aquarium opened. 

we warmed up in a starbucks on the pier

 

the aquarium was crowded with many younger children.  it was still chilly in the high 40s, but being mostly indoor helped.  

 we ventured back to pike’s place and slowly navigated the crowds for a bit – but this really wasn’t our scene. 

 i started looking on my map ap for nearby attractions.  we walked thru the original starbucks at 1^st & pike.  we were able to easily get a table for lunch at hard rock, so we enjoyed a leisurely lunch. 

we walked back to the car, and decided to explore chinatown a bit.  after finding parking, we explored uwajimaya asian supermarket.

then we headed back to the hotel, where the girls went swimming again.  then we got a light dinner at subway, which we ate back in our room.