Here we go again – LOL.
So from Seattle we drove down the Westcoast – amazing – I loved this.
The weather wasn’t the best- but it was still cool.
I was totally amazed by the vegetation in the temperate rainforest there. Awesome huge farns and wonderful mossed trees.
And then finally we entered Oregon – State number 25 on my “Visited US-States”-List.
So – Portland tomorrow? See you there- LOL
Want to see more Seattle photos? – Here we go.
We went to the Seattle Public Library- such a cool building- and the inside is amazing too. A real public place with lot’s of people just enjoying coffee, knitting, reading and relaxing.
Oh and this spinning elephant neon sign was my favorite- isn’t that the cutest?
One day we went to Fremont- the so called Center of the Universe- LOL. Loved that place.
Lot’s of fun art on the street.
And what do you think you would find at Troll Ave right under the freeway?
Yep – a Troll eating a real Volkswagen Beetle! LOL
And how the heck did they get this statue over?
Oh and at the International District this hotel cracked me up – wow- I’m glad those rooms are fire proof and at low rates too!!!
Oh and did I tell you that Seattle totally reminded my of Hamburg?
And tomorrow you can follow me along the WestCoast to Portland, Oregon :) if you want.
I love your pics of Seattle!! I am going to have to check those places out. My daughter lives just across the sound from Seattle. We have only visited Seattle twice, but I see we have missed so much!! HOpe you have a great day!
bwaahaaa… the troll is my favorite today!
Wow what a beautiful pictures!!!! xoxo
Oh, wie schön!!! Da geht mein Fernweh mit mir durch. Aber ich freu mich sehr für Dich, sieht echt toll aus. :)
very cool photos. love that troll!
That troll was in one of my favorite movies “10 Things I Hate About You.” The pictures are great!
i’m glad you liked seattle, its a wonderful city. great shots. Isn’t fremont fuN?
Wow, love your pictures! One day I will go to the US too, I hope! Looks awesome!
wow, love the photos Nat! Looks like you had a fantastic time!!
Makes me want to visit there! I do have a Aunt near there!
Love your photos!! You are so right reminds of Hamburg!!
Hi Nat!
Love 2 be abble 2 take part in your US journey! :)
Have a great day!!!
/Lillyrose
thanks for the journey!! :D :D :D
wow- so schöne Bilder! Da bekomm ich gleich Fernweh!
Wow stunning pictures! Looks like you had a great time!
Deine Stadtansichten sind wie immer super spannend! Besonders der Wegweiser schreit nach einen Layout, nich wahr? :-)
Puh – endlich habe ich meine Fotos runtergeladen und aussortiert – hui hier sind ein paar :-) Seid mir nicht böse, dass ich nur in Englisch poste heute :)
Puh – finally I downloaded the photos and organized them – so here we go :-)
The flight from Hamburg to Newark took 11 hours instead of 8 hours. We had to fill up fuel in Newfoundland as the headwinds were stronger as expected and the weather in Newark was pretty bad. It took also longer as the pilot had to pay the 15ooo Dollar bill with his very own credit card and it wasn’t authorized for so much. I wonder how this conversation went “Hey Hank, fill it up please and two Slim Jims to go!” LOL
*Newfoundland*
We had a nice family dinner and met the newest member of the family – Maui – my brother in law’s cute new dog.
The next day we got up at 5 am to go to the airport. It wasn’t bad as we were still on German time – but the 6 hour flight felt as lasting for EVVVVVEERRR. A nice treat was the photo of Mount Rainier from the plane.
In Seattle we had an amazing bed and breakfast place at Capitol Hill with two rooms- the living room included a fireplace. Right around the corner of our house we found this newly painted garage door – love it.
We met our friends K. and M. who flew in from San Francisco to see us and who had amazing news for us. We celebrated the news and K.’s birthday and had a wonderful evening!
The next day we went with our friends to the Experience Music Project– which really rocked. We had a lot of fun there and I just love the Gehry building.
and doesn’t the sky here look like a face?
We went up to the Space Needle and had a great view over the city and saw the mountains- gorgeous.
It was pretty windy up there…can you tell?
We went to Pikes Place Market -I boy….I love love love this place!!!! The very first Starbucks is located there too and – LOOKSIE – the label was different in the beginning- LOL . Had to be pc-fied – I guess – LOL.
And those guys really made me happy- I loved it – you can catch a glimpse of my shoulder too – LOL. Listen to those street musicians:
[youtube width=”325″ height=”271″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYhHQj8bXM[/youtube]
The market itself was a eyecandy and ….candy – LOL
hehehe- and this one I love- LOL
Seattle reminded me a lot of Hamburg- with all the green, the water and the harbour.
More tomorrow :-) I hope you like my travel stories- LOL.
WOW – was für geniale Fotos – schön, dass Du wieder zurück bist und dass Ihr sone tolle Zeit hattet!!!! Und Danke für eine Dosis Urlaubs-Feeling durch die Fotos!!!
Wow – die Bilder !!!
Und das Lied – irre, wie die Jungs das rüber gebracht haben. Bist du mit der Heckklappe zuammengestoßen ? *lol*.
great storytelling with pictures :-)
The last photo reminds me of the one you gave Bill.
Love the song!!! They look so much like the same photo’s my sister too when she went there!
I NEED to get me a good digi camera. Start saving those pennies!
Aaaw what a cute doggie!!!! Love the photos!!
Oh how fun. I know how those long, but this wasn’t supposed to happen flights are. You are a trooper. I want to run around in the Pacific Northwest.
Wow! What awesome pics Nat, thanks for sharing!
I so wish I could have been there too. Awesome pictures – and even thought I shouldn’t I had to snigger at the story with the pilot and the refuelling bill
LOVE the pix, the doggie and the Ghery building! I have seen one of his buildings in cleveland ohio and to see not only the metal but the cruves and bends in the brick and the windows too… wow!
Have an extra starbucks on me! AND some pacific scallops too. YUM!
Enjoy, you’ll never be the same again …
great pic’s always wanted to go to seattle :)
i’m completely jealous but i’m glad you had such a good time overseas!! LOOOVE all the photos!!
I’m loving your stories and pictures Nat
Ahh,herrlich!
Danke für den Urlaubseinblick;))
Und,gut,dass du wieder da bist!
Yep – more photos!
Zunächst mal was zum Lachen – als ich so durch die Straßen schlenderte fielen mir Zeichen auf – Zeichen meiner selbst *snigger*
Well – first something to laugh – while I was walking through the streets I saw those signs – signs of me *snigger*
Na ja für uns Deutsch natürlich recht klar – das bedeutet Nass – aber trotzdem – LOL.
For us Germans it get’s obvisious as it sounds familiar to our word wet – but still – LOL.
Und das ist mein Favorit: Pass auf, Nat!
And this is my favorite: Attention, Nat!
Zwei grandiose Tage habe ich mit Daphne verbracht – sie ist ein Schatz!!! Ich vermisse sie schon jetzt!
I had two amazing days with Daphne – she is such a sweet heart !!!! I miss her already!
Und Bincke- so ein Knuffel!
And Bincke- such a cutie!
More Canalphotos
*Magere Brug*
*Schleußen*
*Jim*
*Diego – my partner in crime in the evenings at the conference meetings – LOL*
*Theba and me*
*Hilarious- right next to an etablissement in the red light destrict*
*and this made me very happy at the Rembrandt House*
Das wars von Amsterdam – LOL – Ihr seid erlöst.
This is it from Amsterdam- LOL – you made it.
Love the “signs” and all the colorful photos of living…
Die Fotos sind toll…jedes einzelne hat eine ganz besondere Stimmung :)…und die NAT-Zeichen sind ja witzig *lol*
Köstlich – die Fotos sind genial – und die NAT-Story find ich ja sehr cool – man hat Dich dort also schon erwartet ;) Und die Ringe aus dem Automaten find ich auch witzig!!! UND … die Spiegelung im Wasser bei dem Schleusen-Foto find ich auch stark … :)
Superschöne Fotos, sieht nach einer tollen Zeit aus! Und die NAT-Geschichte ist einfach herrlich, freu mich schon drauf zu sehen wie Du sie verarbeitest. :)
i love your photos! it looks like you had a fabulous time!
angie from SIS
Hach – sieht nach schönen Tagen aus und die NAT-Sachen schreien danach, verwurstet zu werden!
haha love all the photos your sharing!!!
Super Fotos! Ich freue mich schon jetzt auf die LOs!
GREAT weekend! And your camera rules!
Das sieht alles nach jeder Menge Spaß in Amsterdam aus ! Tolle Bilder hast du gemacht.
Das aus dem Rembrandt Hause ist ja bezeichnend *lol*.
Wünsche dir eine schöne Woche ! Hier gießt es gerade aus allen Kübeln ;o)
*lol* na dann pass mal gut auf, nat :o)
tolle fotos !
Awesome photos!! We’re supposed to go in December and I’m really excited. :)
Und nun der zweite Teil ;-) .
And here is the second Part ;-)
*St. Pauls Cathedrale from Tate Modern*
There was an awesome exhibition inside Tate Modern – called Street & Studio (an urban history of photography) and outside we went hunting for the Street Art Exhibition on the Street. And as most of you know how much I love Street Art – this was the coolest!
*My absolute favorite photo of this journey – how awesome is this message?*
*:-)*
And then we took a taxi cab and went to Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Fifteen in London to celebrate our Anniversary a bit early (Anniversary is on the 22nd). We had a great wine tasting and a 5 course menue.
*Exciting hungry Nat in taxi cab*
*love this wall in the restaurant*
*Dang – they knew – LOL*
*romantic walk back to the hotel ;) *
*Last Day- glad they told me where to see the old buildings *snigger*
*Meeting Hubby at Lunchbreak (he works – I shop :-) )*
Das wars – nach dem Lunch mußte ich gleich zum Flughafen. Es hat mir wirklich gut getan ein paar Tage auszuspannen :-)
That was it – after Lunch I had to head out to the airport. It was really good to relax for a couple days :-)
Genial genial genial – du hast wirklich ein Auge für ausdruckssatrke Bilder *find*
mmh, das sieht nach ein paar sehr gelungenen Tagen aus…
BTW, love that pic of you in the bcab, you look so happy and pretty!
The sushi you had for lunch looks good….Happy Anniversary. Jealous that you went to Jami O’s for dinner, I bet that was GREAT!! xox.
Cool stuff. Thanks!
These photo’s are amazing!! Looks like your enjoying your new camera! LOVE that photo of yourself in the cab. Really nice one!
As you see Im Home from my vacation! A little crispy too, heee heee
Okay ich gebs zu, ich würde gerne mal einen Tag einen solchen Blick für Details haben wie du.
Die Fotos sind alle fantastisch.
Oh…was fuer schoene fotos! Ich liebe London! (gibt es leute die London nicht lieben?)
Ich wuerde da auch gern wieder mal hin!
Wonderful pics! I looks so fun!
I loooooooooooooooove your photos!!!
hmmm, looks good. i’m glad you had such a great time. and great food too ;-))
Love the photos!!! It looks like you two had the most fabulous time!!!
The new hairdo looks great, Nat!
It looks like sooooo much fun!
love the balance between the 2 of you :-)… what else to do than shop while he works hahaha..
Tate Modern RULES…
Seriously what camera do you have?! You have GORGEOUS pictures!! May I scrap one of your pictures? I really like the ones with the words on it!! So cool! Please let me know!
Wow, wonderful pictures! I loved London. I would love to go back some day. Now even more after all your cool photos!
Awesome photos! I love London. Happy Anniversary too. xx
Wahnsinnig schöne Fotos. Du solltest mal ‘nen City-Bildband rausbringen – “HH vs London” oder so … :-)
Ok – da kommt Ihr jetzt heute und morgen nicht drum rum- LOL. Photos aus London. Es war echt super – wir waren so oft in London, dass man alles ganz relaxt angeht – manche Sachen wiederholt man, andere Touri-Sachen kann man getrost weglassen – so mag ich das.
Ok -you have to get through those photos today and tomorrow- LOL. Photos of London. It was so cool – we have been so often in London that we are totally relaxed there – you can repeat some stuff – but you can also skip other tourist attractions- I love it.
*Love Brick Buildings*
*Crane Ballet*
*And finally some good Belgian Beers in London – LOL …the nose is sometimes a bit horseblanket like- LOL*
*Near Holborn Station*
*Camden Market*
*Canal Boat Tour*
*so not staged *snigger*
*I just have no money for a fisheye lense*
*Across Hyde Park – freaky cool – isn’t it?*
Ok – more photos …and some gems ;-) tomorrow.
Ich mag deine Londonsbilder sehr – sie erinnern mich daran, dass ich gern mal wieder hin möchte
WowZers!
How cool!!! I have never been to London yet but I would love to go some day.
Oh wow, Nat! Fantastic photographs. Love the one with the wet street.
Die Fotos sind absolut genial geworden! Es freut mich, dass Ihr so eine schöne Zeit hattet!
Great pics, Nat!! Looks like you had a great time!!
HI I am nanbhack from SIS tv… I LOVE YOUR PICTURES!!! they are GOREGEOUS!!! Makes me want to go through all my london ones.
fab pictures–thanks for sharing!!!
gorgeous Nat. My dream is to go to London one day!! THANKS for sharing!
amazing!so jealous!
Klasse Fotos !!!
Vielen Dank fürs zeigen.
PS:kommste mich mal besuchen auf meinem Blog ? ;o)
Oh oh oh oh wo habt Ihr denn die Bierfoddos aifgenommen? das sieht aus wie ein Platz der uns auch gefallen wuerde. geile Fotos und ich freue mich schon auf mehr.
Ach und das naechste mal sach doch ma Bescheid, dann treffe ich Euch gerne zum bummeln :)
So love what you captured! Maybe someday I will get to go!!!
awesome pics!!!! now I wanna be there!!!
Gorgeous pictures! I would love to go to London one day!
What awesome photos! Thanks for sharing! (Love the fish eye lens – LOL)
Wow – was für tolle Fotos … vor allem das letzte ist ja wohl sowas von genial …
woohoooo…. I am sure the lottery will bring me there one time…to live there I mean :-)
London rules above all other European cities!
wundervolle Fotos Nat. Ich freu mich auf mehr.
Grüsse Birgitt
wow great pictures girl!!
xo
Natas
Ohhh lovely photos, i would so love to go back!!
LOVE THE PICS girl .. LOVE THEM
Your photos are *gorgeous* and so engaging!
Oh, this is wonderful. You did a great job capturing the London-ness. We haven’t been for a few years, but, it is fun to reminisce with you! I should be spending some time in France within the year; do you want me to pick up some Levis and send them?
Gorgeous shots Nat!!
Looks like you had a fabulous time!
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When I first moved to WA I took a picture of the Evacuation route sign too….LOL. Isn’t it beautiful there?
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Sylvia
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oh this looks grand. great photos! i’ve never been to the west coast of the USA, but it’s on my list… :)
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Danyeela
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Tolle Fotos! Danke fürs zeigen!
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heather
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I dream about living there.
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Suzanne Webb
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OREGON IS beautiful, isn’t it??? Wish you could make it over to Central Oregon (completely different climate :), and you could visit my scrapbook store! :)
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debby
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Nat, it is so much fun to see the USA through fresh, creative eyes! I can’t wait until tomorrow.
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Eeva
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Love your photos!! The one of the ocean and the tree is very cool!!!
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Kim Hughes
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ummm
WOW!!
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Twinnom
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Klasse Fotos Nat! Die Fotos der Vegetation des Regenwaldes finde ich ja total beeindruckend. Aber auch all die anderen Fotos die du bisher gezeigt hast sind klasse.
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WOW what cool pics Nat. I just love the ocean picture.
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