I introduce a break in
the usual theme of posts on the blog to bring you some much overdue
travel writing. In the future I hope to post more about the places I
have visited in the past, as my posts on Cologne have proved some of
my most popular, but for now Seattle will have to do.
“But surely they
speak English in Seattle!” I hear you cry. “What relevance would
such posts possibly have on a language learning blog?”. Well, not
much relevance in terms of language, but plenty in terms of culture.
I won't deny that
writing about my American adventure is partly an exercise in
reconnecting with the already-fuzzy, warm memories of summer just
gone. These memories, however, are particularly fond as a result of
the cultural assumptions that I had made about the place before
travelling – most of which proved to be hideously misguided. So
the following is my love letter to Seattle: my opportunity to share
with you the places I found, and the many happy things that I
discovered during my all-too-brief stay among the Seattlites...
As previously I will
organise into (what I consider to be) reasonable geographical
regions:
FREMONT – coming soon
BELLTOWN – coming soon
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE – coming soon
PIONEER SQUARE – coming soon
