{"id":1315424,"date":"2019-10-08T17:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=988886"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T23:39:29","slug":"photo-essay-a-dream-trip-to-seattle-for-a-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/photo-essay-a-dream-trip-to-seattle-for-a-cup-of-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: A dream trip to Seattle for a cup of coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Groups of people walk around near the Pike Place Market.<\/strong>
Darja French \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

I grew up in Latvia where the number of Starbucks coffee shops has always been and still is zero.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I developed a certain admiration towards something that was so foreign, yet so desirable to me. After living in the United States for five years the appreciation didn\u2019t go anywhere. <\/p>\n

So when my best friend Gaby and I were choosing where to go on our vacation \u2014 Seattle, the birthplace of Starbucks was the obvious choice. <\/p>\n

If you know me, I get excited every time the word Starbucks is even mentioned. Imagine my delight visiting the first Starbucks store established in 1971, located at Pike Place Market. <\/p>\n

Even standing in line for 30 minutes made it so much more thrilling. Nothing could compare. <\/p>\n

Another highlight of the trip was visiting the Starbucks Reserve Roastery that blew me away with its vastness and made me feel like Charlie at Willy Wonka\u2019s Chocolate Factory.<\/p>\n

Walking around Seattle was pure joy. It\u2019s the city where there is a Starbucks coffee shop every five minutes of the way, sometimes even right across from each other. <\/p>\n

But Seattle is so much more than just Starbucks, or a million other wonderful coffee shops. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s also home to the world-famous Pike Place Market and delicious seafood, beautiful Waterfront Park and the Seattle Great Wheel, vibrant neighborhoods, Amazon headquarters, and of course, the amazing Space Needle, Seattle\u2019s most famous landmark. I have always adored the futuristic style and I even remember doing a project on Googie architecture when I was in college. Who knew that I would be standing on the Space Needle\u2019s observation deck years later?<\/p>\n

It almost feels surreal to experience something in real life that you were once so fascinated by based on the pictures. And yet there I was on top of the Space Needle with Starbucks coffee in my hand. Does life get any better than this? <\/p>\n

On the flight back to Denver, Gaby and I were sitting next to a man from Seattle who correctly noted: \u201cHow fascinating: You met at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and you went on an adventure together\u201d and what an adventure that was. <\/p>\n

My Seattle dream comes true.<\/p>\n

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Taken inside the Original Starbucks store which was established in 1971<\/strong>
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Below the Seattle Space Needle.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The Seattle Great Wheel is a giant Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliot Bay that opened in 2012.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The view of downtown from the Seattle Great Wheel.<\/strong>
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Groups of people walk around near the Pike Place Market.<\/strong>
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The Seattle Great Wheel is a giant Ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliot Bay that opened in 2012.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Below the Seattle Space Needle.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Heaps of gum on the popular gum wall located below the Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

All images and story by Darja French \/ Post Independnet<\/em><\/p>\n

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