Downtown Seattle: From the EMP museum to the Pike Place Market

Seattle still hasn't impressed me. But to be fair, I think I just don't get this city. To me, it feels dirty, the people seem weird (although they are all very friendly), the wind is too fierce and there all all these ugly pieces of metallic junk that people call art.

But let me recount my day: After breakfast (mostly just corn flakes, fruits and toast with sweet stuff on it - I already miss the cream cheese they had in the Vancouver hostel), I got myself a ticket for the EMP museum online and printed it at an UPS store. Next, I went to the nearest bus station and took the first bus to Downtown.
I got off a bus not too far from the space needle and started exploring the nearby area. Apart from a big red piece of metal and a huge fountain that sprayed it's water a bit too far (I felt water drops on my skin as the wind was blowing in my direction), there was nothing interesting.

The EMP museum was right around the corner and its metallic exterior walls were shimmering in the sun. The museum had several interesting exhibits. I mostly enjoyed the horror and the fantasy theme, where you could see props from several famous movies.
There was also a huge exhibit on Hello Kitty - I had never seen so much Hello Kitty stuff in my life (and since I used to love japanese stuff in my teenage years, that actually counts for something). There were Hello Kitty dresses, ties, toaster, backpacks, sticker, plushies, bikes, statues and so much more!
For musically interested people, there were exhibits on Nirvana and on guitars. I just skimmed through these rooms. However, you could also try out some instruments (keyboard, drums, guitar), which was really fun. There was also a room where you could stand 'live on stage' and play a song to a virtual audience - you didn't actually have to be able to play anything though. It was just a fun experience.

After the museum, I really needed to eat something and since there was a Mc Donalds nearby, I tried the Big Mac there. For some reason, I expected it to be bigger than the one in Germany, so I was actually a bit disappointed by its size when I had the burger in my hand. Still, it tasted quite well, but a bit different from the one in Germany.

My next goal was the pike place market. However, I took a detour to the Olympic Sculpture park. In the end, I could have easily done without that park, since there was nothing worth seeing - only some ugly, mostly metallic pieces of so called art.

The Pike Place Market was already starting to close down when I got there. Nevertheless, I got a good look around. There were a few really cool shops (one of them sold real life sized stand up cardboard figures from famous TV shows like supernatural) hidden on the lower levels of the market. I aso got myself a nice snack - a cinnamon apple roll.

Just after six, I took the first bus back to Fremont since I was very exhausted.