Thursday, November 30, 2006

::snowdazed in seattle::

last sunday, mich grace ab jinny ying christabel n i went on a daytrip to seattle. of all days, we had to pick a day when there was a snowstorm - to travel:( oh well. but we specifically chose sunday coz it was the last day of the post-thanksgiving sale in the seattle premium outlets - this meant that there would be further reductions, on top of their factory outlet prices!! but no thanks to the extremely bad travelling conditions, we were on the roads most of the time:( we left ubc at about 7:45am and only reached the seattle premium outlets at 3:30pm! how crazy. but i guess we should be thankful that we managed to move around safely:) it was quite a sight seeing so many cars getting stranded along the highway coz of the thick snow. we even saw 2 Z350s among them! looks like the fairlady isnt such a good car to drive under these conditions. haha. thank God for journey mercies:)

dear jinny and i - at the airport busstop, waiting for the connecting bus to the airport. the car rental place was just next to the airport! man i look like so bloated in my jacket:(

this was how bad the snowstorm was - everything was covered in thick snow (note: compare the picture of the same signboard in the post, on my portland/seattle trip the last time)

much thanks to our 2 drivers, grace and ab who drove us safely and back - despite the very bad weather conditions:) in fact, our vehicle (a 7-seater ford galaxy) got stuck in the thick snow TWICE! thank God that there were kind people who took the trouble to get out of their cars, to help us push our vehicle out of the snowpuddle - in the freezing cold. one thing i realized about the people in vancouver, is that they are (mostly) always more than willing to help and they have a lot of initiative! i still recall a few occasions when mich and i got lost while exploring downtown vancouver, some passerby would notice our "lost" looks and he/she would approach us to see how they could help us with the directions.. haha.

jinny and me - squashed in the backseat of the car!

finally reaching the seattle premium outlets!! yayy! but we didnt have enough time to shop:( 3 hours is certainly NOT enough to cover the many shops there. i was running from shop to shop but still - i didnt have the time to go to my fav gap outlet:( boohoohoo. i was quite disappointed that i didnt get to buy much for myself:( but im definitely coming back again!! :)

at crabpot - seattle's famous seafood restaurant! we were all famished coz this was our 1st proper meal of the day!

the very messy feast of alaskan crabs, assorted seafood, corn cribs and etc! all very good stuff though:)

but i had a tummyache - so i decided to have something less potent. haha. i had a seafood bruchette. it was really everything i wanted (yayy!) - grilled halibut, salmon, prawns, greenpepper, mushrooms, roast potatoes and assorted veg! the seafood was very fresh! nice:)

on the way back! jinny and i - the 2 crazy ones who had insatiable cravings for icecream when it was so freezing cold outside! haha. the girls shared a small tub of ben&jerry's strawberry cheesecake icecream- it was so so yummy:) it's quite reasonably-priced at usd$3.99 too!