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So I just had an amazing time in Seattle! I had never been to the city and explored with my Mom and it was great!

The first full day we walked around and explored Pike's Place (the local market). It was really neat and there was fresh produce and fish everywhere. I also got to see the first Starbucks ever, which was really neat!

The second day we decided to just take off and head to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics. We went on a train, which took around three hours. The ride was really pretty and was all along the coast. Once we arrived, we found the Olympic village and walked around. It was so huge and really cool! We found the torch, which was also pretty awesome and exactly what I expected. Then we continued to walk around and found a place that was selling tickets to events. We ended up getting two tickets to the Women's Finals Hockey Game (Canada vs. US)!! It was so exciting and so unexpected! We began to walk to the stadium and it was a mad house, but so cool to be a part of. Once we got inside we realized our seats required an elevator to get to. As we boarded the elevator we noticed that it said Luxury Suite next to our number on the tickets. Turns out, we ended up in a Luxury Premiere Box that had around twenty people in it! It took up a quarter of the length of the rink and we had seats overlooking the end goalie area. It was an unobstructed view. Even crazier, they had free food and it was great! They had sushi and wonderful desserts... I couldn't believe our luck!

The US team ended up losing the game, which was too bad, but it was neat being in Canada when Canada won! Even more exciting, we were there for a gold medal event and they did the victory ceremony immediately following. I seriously couldn't believe we were there for all of that! We saw the ceremony, but had to leave right before the gave the gold medals to Canada. We got back to our train and headed back to Seattle. What a day!

The next day we got up and walked around Seattle. We headed to the space needle and went up. It was really neat to see the view from there, I had no idea Seattle was so diverse in it's landscape. Then we walked to Pioneer Village and had a great meal at the Metropolitan Grill. Finally, we headed back to Pike's Place (to get the best cheese ever made) and ended the day in the hotel.

It was a great trip and I am so glad it happened! Now it is back to the real world. I have two more visits before I am done with this round. I am feeling pretty exhausted, but also relaxed from a good vacation!