It seems we arrived on day one of the rainy season but that is okay. We took the “light rail” from SeaTac airport to downtown Seattle. Very inexpensive way to travel - $3.00 per person.
After a quick stop at the hotel to unload our luggage we headed to The 5 Point Cafe for lunch. Nothing to rave about so we will move on.
During our walk we quickly realized that Seattle drivers are incredibly polite. If they see you on a street corner waiting to cross, they just stop and let you walk. Was not expecting this in such a large city.
Anyway, it should have been a quick couple block walk back to the hotel. The roads in downtown Seattle are not at right angles and because we were new to navigating Seattle, I got out my iPhone and utilized maps for walking directions back to the hotel. The sidewalks are not even and quite difficult to walk if you are not paying attention and I was paying more attention to my phone for directions and not my feet. Down I went. First my ankle turned and then my knees collided with the concrete. I reached out with both hands to break my fall. My iPhone was in my left hand. As I continued forward my iPhone went screen first into the sidewalk. Then came my face. Knee was skinned and bleeding, temple was swelling and worst of all, my precious Project Red iPhone screen was cracked with pieces of glass falling loose.
Then Seattle happened. First I noticed a vehicle slow and take note of me laying on the ground. As my husband helped me up they moved along. I brushed myself off and we headed up the sidewalk. As we reached the next corner the same vehicle, an ambulance, pulled to the curb. The paramedic in the passenger seat sincerely asked me if I was okay. I told him I just had scrapes but my iPhone did not fair so well. He double checked that he could not be of help and I said I would be fine. I was shocked that they came around the block to check on me.
Once back at the hotel, my husband looked up the addresses for Apple Stores in the area. We decided on the University Village location. Uber got us there in a little over twenty minutes. First thing we noticed was how nice the shopping center was. Beautiful boutique style shops. Somewhere in the middle of all of the shops was a huge wall of glass with the big white Apple on the wall. I was so hoping that they would just tell me all was going to be okay and they could just fix my iPhone and we could continue our vacation.
See Day 1 Continued.
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