I continued my exploration of Seattle yesterday with a couple of unique activities: a harbor cruise, a walking tour of Seattle's underground, and a nightime visit to the city's most recognizable symbol, the Space Needle.
The cruise was part of the CityPass package I bought at the Aquarium. It lasted about an hour. The first half provided splendid views of the downtown skyline. Then we entered the working harbor which had a shipyard, coast guard vessels and huge container ships being unloaded by towering towering tantrums cranes.
The underground tour took me into a couple sections of Seattle as it existed before 1907. That was the year the city raised the streets a story or two to address a host of problems. Today, sections of the old sidewalk still exist under the new above-ground ones. Our group had a great guide who really enjoyed her job. She employed great expressiveness in telling humorous stories to explain the underground and not to the detriment of communicating the fascinating history of early Seattle.
The space needle was also part of the CityPass package. I headed over there after attending mass at the local cathedral. I took the monorail part way to get there. Up top the views of the city were so good I hardly noticed the cold. Signs of Christmas were evident all around, such as a boat decorated up in Elliot Bay and a radio tower with lights on it.
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