Oh the 4th of July, after we visited the Pike Place Market and Olympic Sculpture Park, we drove over to Seattle Center area. Seattle Center is a large park that hosts several attractions in it such as the Space Needle, Seattle Children's Museum, Museum of Pop Culture, Memorial Stadium, and Chihuly Garden and Glass.
It was very difficult to find parking to visit this park. We had to go around and round the area several times before we got really lucky to have found a free parking spot right around the perimeter of the Center. We walked around the park first, stopping here and there to take pictures. There are many sculptures spread around the area.
My main purpose of visiting the Seattle Center was actually to visit Chihuly Garden and Glass. It was something I've never heard of before but it had really good reviews on Google as well as on Tripadvisor. We reached the venue and bought tickets at a vending machine located right outside the entrance door. They had timed tickets (I meant that you can only enter at certain times), so we bought ours for the latest entry and we went to the foodcourt for a late lunch.
For our lunch, we opted for MOD Pizza, short for Made On Demand Pizza. We were just hungry, and didn't expect much. We went to line up, and ordered our pizza. They had some recommended combinations that you can order, but in general it was a bar of toppings that you can add on your pizza and they will bake it for you. They were very generous with the toppings too.
Miss Kiki and I ordered one pizza, and DH ordered another. We were getting really tired by then and hungry too...
Finally our pizzas came and they were super delicious! I would definitely go there again if I could, and I would recommend this place!
We had a little bit of time after our pizza, so I took Miss Kiki with me and the Olympus and she gracefully obliged when I asked her to pose for me here and there...
And finally, it's time to enter the museum! I readied myself to be disappointed because... well how exciting could glasses be... really?
We entered the room and the darkness took me by surprise... the first display was in the dark with very low lights... Those look cool, I thought.
The next room was lit with warm yellow lights, one side of the wall was covered with beautiful woven fabric that had inspired the artist. In the middle of the room they had several tables with glasses displayed.
From there, we moved the next room, and another, and more. Each room had their own theme, and mostly displayed in the dark. In some of the rooms, they had staff photographers stood by. Visitors can have their pictures taken for free. When you get your pictures taken, you will be given a souvenir card with a barcode, and later on you will find machines where you can scan the barcode, view the photo, and email it to your email or others.
The end of the indoor displays brought us to this large sunroom with this breathtaking glass pieces strung together like a dragon across the ceiling. Pictures can not do justice to this piece.
From there, the path lead us through the outdoor garden, also with glass pieces scattered around in harmony with the plants and flowers surrounding them.
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| Can you see the Space Needle? |
After we finished with the outdoor garden, we traced back inside and took more pictures. This time the rooms were a lot emptier because all the crowd that entered with us had gone outside to the garden. I love this room where the colourful glasses were arranged above a glass ceiling, and the light from above the glasses casted coloured lights into the room. Miss Kiki took my pictures in this room. You can see them below, the angle is lower than normal :D
We went around the museum a little more and went out before sunset. I thought that it was very nice and was worth a visit!
Even though we were tired from almost a full day of activities, we couldn't pass on the fact that we were in USA for the 4th of July! We went to Gas Works Park to view the fireworks display. As previously anticipated, parking situation was nearly impossible. We parked a few km away from the park and walked there. Miss Kiki walked all the way there and back like a trooper.
Originally, we were supposed to meet someone we knew from Jakarta that happened to be in Seattle at that time. Unfortunately, because there were so many people gathered in one spot at the same time, the cellular network got jammed and we weren't able to connect at all.
I had expected the fireworks to be super amazing, it was in America afterall... but I was disappointed. I think that even the ones in Winnipeg were just as good if not better. Oh well, maybe it would've been a different story in a larger city...
We stayed a little bit behind after the fireworks so we were able to take some pictures of Seattle skyline.
That was our 4th of July 2018!
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