Post Semester Fun

December 6th, 2010

Our day started off by going to the BCTF seminar which was... let's just say enjoyable. It wasn't the most intellectual experience of my life, but it was alright to sit and learn how to manage the behaviour of the classroom. After that, Meg and I took off to go to Seattle by car. First we took off to the Seattle Premium Outlets where we stayed about 5 hours to shop. We went store by store and bought quite a few things. Later, we drove to Seattle in a just a few hours and arrived at the Hyatt hotel. I managed to book a nice place somewhat near downtown Seattle for a decent price. It was probably one of the nicest hotel rooms I have stayed in a while. It had a huge left hand chaise that was in the corner, a nice bathroom, two beds and a large HD TV. It was very enjoyable to stay there.

That evening, we went out for some food nearby at a sports bar. It was mostly decorated with baseball and basketball memorabilia. After our meal we took a look at the space needle which was a block away. The space needle looks very cool at night, all lit up and standing out. We took a few pics and then went back to the hotel to rest. We only had one day to spend in Seattle so we had to go home and be prepared for a long day.

The next day we went to Pike's Place, the market for all the fishermen and arts and crafts. Meg had a good time, it was her first time there and she kept on reminding me of how nice it is to visit Seattle. Later we went shopping to a few places, shoe stores, the Nike shop, Nordstrom Rack, etc. It was very enjoyable to travel with Meg. We then ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and started our journey back home. Before we took off from Seattle, we stopped by AT&T to find an iPad to buy. They only had iPads with phone contracts, so we couldn't get it. But they were so helpful there, they suggested a place where we could get it and even printed us maps of how to get there. Talk about service even though they weren't making a profit. On the way back we stopped by Target and bought the iPad. The best thing was Meg's residence card of Alberta, that means NO TAX! She bought the iPad for exactly 599. No more, no less. That's just a steal. What was even better was the fact that the custom people knew we spent $1060 and did not decide to charge us custom tax. That was awesome. That was a lot of fun going to Seattle with Meg. I never had a chance to visit a place with just my girlfriend, so it was an awesome experience.