28th of March.

Today we got up then went downstairs for breakfast and realised that we would have to get down there alot earlier if you want to get some food without waiting in line for ages. We then went to Budget Car rentals and got our hire car. Later we drove north up to Snohomish where my dad had lived for a while when he was younger. We drove to the outskirts of the town where we found dad's old house and then saw houses where his friends used to live and after that we drove down to his middle school which is currently under reconstruction. Later went down the historical section of Snohomish and got a warm drink from the cafe which i spilt later on during the day all through the car. After that we went to the shopping complex there. We went to Kohl's and i bought a fur hat and some gloves which will hopefully keep me warmer than i have been.

Later on we went to Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip on the Native American/Indian Reservation that had shops like Polo Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein which are great if you are a millionare and would like to spend a bajillion dollars on one pair of shoes or a pair of pants. But there were also outlets like Vans, Nike and Sketchers where i bought a geogoues pair of suede high heel combat boots which ended up to be $15 when their were originally $100. Bargain!!!

Driving back to our hotel from Tulalip wasn't very pleasant as we had to go through rain, fog and also heavy peak hour traffic. Also there is a section of the highway that just stops all of a sudden with no reason to. Also I found that eating out in Seattle to be quite difficult as where we were staying in Downtown didnt have many places where the food was good quality but also not very expensive.

Seattle 29th of March

Today we decided to go our seperate ways during the day as Mum and Chelsea wanted to go shopping and Dad and I wanted to go to the Boeing Factory Tour. So as we still had the hire car we dropped off Mum and Chels at the Everett Mall and then went onto the Beoing Tour.

The Beoing Factory is huge. So huge that is currently holds the World Record for the biggest building by volume at 13,835,378m cubed (472,370,319 cu ft) and covers 399,480 m squared ( 98.3 acres) of land. On the tour you go by bus to the factory which is where they put all the parts of the 787 Dreamliner plane together. They also do the 747, 767 and also the 777's. When on the tour we went through the undergroud tunnels which are used for moving supplies from one side of the factory to the other. We then went up to the supplies lift to the Observation deck where we could see most that part of the factory.

Although i thought that the tour was really good, i found it to be quite rushed and i feel like we didnt actually see all of what we could have. But overall i learnt alot but thought that instead of having the tour be quite quick and squashed into a 1 and a half hour timeslot for eachgroup they should make it about 2 hours so that it is thorough and not so quick.

After that we went to the Northgate Mall and only went to Target where i bought five items of makeup for only a dollar each including a double sided waterproof and regular mascara. And also powder foundation. The brand E.l.F. is the brand and i think for a dollar it is good quality. Most fo their items are a dollar and they can go up to about $25 for a gold pack.

Then we headed back to the hotel and had a good sleep for an early rise the next morning for our train ride to Vancouver, B.C. Canada.