Yesterday I went on an awesome tour of the city with a tour-guide called Norm and some people from just outside Seattle and New Mexico. We went through all the historic districts, past the Space Needle and Science Center, but one of the highlights for me was a stop at one of the lochs where salt water meets fresh water and salmon travel upstream to spawn. The salmon run began a few weeks ago, and there was a glass window that looked into one of the 21 steps in the ladder that the salmon travel up against the flow of water. It was amazing to see more than five species of salmon making their fateful run.

Later on I walked around the city and encountered quite a few homeless people who thanked me and wished me a good day after I lied about not having $1 to give them. This comes as quite a shock living in a town where best-case scenario in such an encounter is that you will only be harassed for 10 minutes and followed for a couple of blocks. It makes a nice change anyway.