Seattle, Washington, USA

Seattle is a city with beautiful harbor and bay, full of islands, and  surrounded with snow capped mountains. Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States of America. The city is situated on the isthmus between Pudget sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada–United States border. Famous for its addiction to caffeine (over 100 Starbucks coffee shops here and Starbucks was founded in this city), and this city is the birthplace to bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Seattle has a very friendly and relaxed vibe, great bars, robust music scene, world class sea foods and lots of nature surrounding. Seattle is incredible during the few months of warm weather. Seattle is also known as gateway to Alaska. The Seattle area developed into a technology center from the 1980s onwards with companies like Microsoft  established in the region; Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a Seattleite by birth. Internet retailer Amazon was founded in Seattle in 1994, and major airline Alaska Airlines was founded in SeaTac, Washington, serving Seattle's international airport, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The topography of Seattle is hilly. The city lies on several hills, including Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Magnolia, Denny Hill, and Queen Anne. 
Waterfront Downtown

1st Starbucks Coffee

Sea foods at Pike Place Market
 Pike place market is located right downtown  near the waterfront and one of the major thing to do here. The view of waterfront, Mount Rainier, Seattle wheel is breathtaking.

Probably the city's best known landmark, the Space Needle offers stunning views of the city and surrounding mountains and waterfront.
Seattle art museum offers live music, drinks, interactive art activities.
Ballard Locks provide a link for boats between the Pudget sound and the ship canal. 
Pioneer square is where Seattle began. Old gold rush buildings, big squares and lot of history lies here.
A ferry to Bainbridge island can be taken for the city tour and city view from water.
Chihuly Glass Garden
Seattle's Chihuly Garden and Glass is a monument to glass as art and features a large portion of Chihuly's work. If Seattle's famous overcast skies leave you feeling washed out, then Chihuly Garden and Glass will surely add a splash of color to your day.
Another important places like Boeing museum, Freemont troll, Underground city tour and Seattle aquarium, Alkai beach can be explored. 
An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning five major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier’s lower slopes. Wildlife abounds in the park’s ecosystems. A lifetime of discovery awaits. It can be also explored from Seattle.
Space Needle

Seattle aquarium
Pike Place market



Alkai Beach


Pike place market

Pike Place market

Alaskan Cruise

Starbucks Coffee

Seattle Downtown

Downtown

Downtown


Glass garden

Glass garden


Seattle aquarium, Seattle Wheel,Mount Rainier View

I visited Seattle in June, 2018 for presenting my research paper in an International Conference conducted by Elsevier publication house and US Department of Energy. 
A special thanks to Tanushree Di, for all the Help. And (Chanchal Kumar Banerjee) Kaku for the nice company in Seattle and all the help, which made my trip more comfortable.

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