Road trip: Seattle

Before I tell you about Seattle, I have to mention our flight with Southwest. Now I wasn't expecting much - it was the cheapest flight going, and the process checking in and boarding the flight was completely chaotic - but it was THE BEST flight I have ever been on.

I was crying with laughter at the cabin crew manager, he would not have been out of place on the stage the Hammersmith Apollo. Dan didn't find him that funny (at least he didn't admit to it) but I was not the only one in tears.

I have to share a few of my favourite lines:

Keep your belt tight and low on your hips - just like J-Lo's jeans.

Should this flight turn into a cruise there are life jackets under your seat.

Today we have someone very special travelling with us, he's 90 years old and it's his very first flight - please give a round of applause for your captain.

In the unexpected event that the air masks drop please apply your own before helping your child. If you have more than one child, please pick your favourite.

They obviously aren't as funny reading them off a screen, but trust me, they were at the time.

I really hope that one day I'll get to travel on the same flight as him one day.

So. Seattle. Wow. It was even better than I was expecting. We had one and a half days, and it was the perfect amount of time to see everything we wanted to and not feel rushed, and it was also a great combination of things (I like to try and mix our days up so it includes a mixture of activities - something active like paddle boarding, a museum, a cultural site, a tour of some kind). Seattle was great for this - we went up the space needle, had time for shopping, had a food tour, went on a  harbour cruise, visited the Klondike Gold Rush Museum, looked around the Chihuly Glass Museum, and walked around the Olympic Sculpture Park.

My top two? The Chihuly Gardens and Glass Museum and the food tour around Pike Place Market.