On Saturday, Nick and I went to Pike Place Market with Mom and Amanda. Mom and Amanda took light rail and Nick and I took the bus. We met up at Westlake Center (a few blocks away from Pike Place Market). It took us 45 minutes (including walking 1/2 mile to the bus stop) to get to Westlake Center and an hour and 20 minutes on the way back (including walking 1 mile from the bus stop) from Westlake Center… so it’s definitely not the fastest way of getting to downtown Seattle. It’s certainly cheaper than paying for parking down there, though!

We saw some delicious-looking bacon at the market

We went to Piroshky Piroshky (a Russian bakery) first and gobbled down a rhubarb piroshky, a beef & onion piroshky, and an apple cinnamon roll. They were quite tasty. 🙂 We then walked around Pike Place Market and Post Alley. We stopped in a German meat market and were extremely amused when we saw two small blonde-haired girls walk up to the glass meat counter with their mom. The German lady behind the counter asked the girls (with a German accent), “Would you girls like to have a wiener?” The girls got so excited and exclaimed, “Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!” The woman behind the counter handed each of the girls a wiener (like the one in the foreground of the picture to the right). It was terribly cute. ^^

Nick and I came home with a bag of vegetables for a stir fry, some paprika, and a German chocolate bar. Mom found some tea and gluten-free pasta. We had a good time and certainly wouldn’t mind going to Pike Place Market more often. 😉