SQL pass Seattle trip-Lake Union trip

Beijing = Seattle aircraft is a Airbus A330-200 model, the seat is relatively small, coupled with the window, so sleepy all the way; near the United States, the rivers, lakes, mountains, and snow mountains in the United States are clearly visible. The mountains are lush everywhere, the rivers and valleys are staggered, and the snow mountains in the distance are mysterious, the lake is also very quiet. The vast fields are colorful and well-regulated. When we are close to Seattle, we can see the strong European buildings on the earth, schools, factories, residential buildings, and each building is characteristic. According to the results of Baidu, we know that the headquarters of Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, and Starbucks are all in Seattle, and there are 300 people on over 3.4 million square kilometers of land, it is equivalent to the second-and third-tier cities in China.

After arriving in Seattle, I went to the inspected area. It was also a long dragon, and people from all over the world waited for a long time and enjoyed my visa, after being approved for entry, I again passed the strict customs and border inspection. my god finally stepped onto the U.S. land.

On the way out of the airport, I suddenly thought of a sentence "I am free, but I have nothing to do with freedom". I am confused and do not know what to do. It is cold outside and the weather is gloomy, I heard that taxis in the United States are very expensive, so I want to find a bus to go to the city first, but where is the city? Then I came to a bus stop and left the Bus Booking phone numbers of each hotel on it. I looked left and right, and consulted other people in poor English. I found that there was no bus at the Marriott waterfront Hotel, I had to go to the taxi place. Fortunately, the price was fixed at $45. I had to go to the hotel even if it was expensive. I bit my teeth and went up. An Indian brother was unable to communicate with each other, when the city was approaching, he suddenly said, "cash?" As soon as I was shocked, he said "money" again. He thought I had no money.

About 30 minutes later, I arrived at the Marriott waterfront hotel. At first glance, I felt a little disappointed, not as luxurious as I thought. It was almost the same as an ordinary domestic hotel. When I got off a taxi, the waiter waited, I took my suitcase and went into the hotel. I didn't speak English for a few years. I was nervous. Fortunately, the front desk was a Chinese man who could speak some Chinese characters and stayed in a room on the second floor, no toothbrush or toothpaste in the room, no hot water heater found, the hotel's network is expensive, 12.5 $ a day, a bottle of water 3 $ more, but the bed is relatively large, in addition, when facing the Bay, there were a lot of boats and ships parked in the bay, watching TV for a while, and deciding to go out to the street. At four o'clock P.M. on April 9, November 5, we set off from Beijing and arrived at the Seattle Hotel at four o'clock P.M. on April 9, November 5, the sun is about to fall west.

Figure 1 exterior of the Marriott waterfront Hotel

The air in Seattle is fresh and similar to that in Haikou. The sea in the Seattle Bay is blue, and starfish crawls on the Reef. There are not many vehicles and pedestrians on the street, or even a small county in China, occasionally, you can see some Sprite who wear shorts jogging on the street with a chill.

Figure 2 exterior of the Marriott Waterfront

 

The land on the opposite side of the bay is a small island where colorful villas and pink leaves are mixed in the past. The Seagate is flying in the sky, and sometimes a burst of scream; a little distant is a ups and downs but not steep mountains, and farther away, you can see Snow-white snow mountains.

Turning back from the Bay to the hotel, I met an American who had just been out of the hotel. The two men chatted and went to the surrounding area to check whether they were completely unfamiliar, and there was also a gap in language, despite the poor English skills, it reduces the loneliness of a person traveling. We are located in the down town area of Seattle, in the down town area, East and West are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 streets. Each street ranges from 100 to 200, the north and south directions are Stewart St, pine St, pike st, and Union st. In fact, most of the next few days are in this region, there are many bars, sweet cake shops, fast food restaurants, small supermarkets, and small department stores on the street. The biggest one is Pike.
Market, according to the domestic standards, this is not a very good market, but it is very delicate, clothes, small ornaments, vegetables, fruits, meat, seafood everything, there are not a few people who look like China in the stalls. Two people go to the supermarket again, and the supermarket is not too large. They basically cannot understand the contents in the supermarket, and there are many cookies, the vast majority of red wines from Spain, Italy, France, Chile, and Argentina are 10 ~ 20 $. I am not very interested in red wine because it is just a blind wine. I didn't buy anything. Then I continued to look for a place to buy cigarettes. There were few places selling cigarettes in Seattle, there were just a few lines in the street. I only saw the poor two. I spent $1 to buy a Chinese lighter and 3 different cigarettes. American cigarettes are really expensive, basically, they are in the 5 ~ About $10, there are few places where smoking can be made public, no smoking in the hotel, no smoking in the building, no smoking in the bar, no objection left on the street, however, there is no place for cigarette smoke. smokers do not have human rights in the United States.

The sky gradually fades down, And we fold back to the hotel. When we arrived at the hotel, we said Byebye to each other.

In the night, I basically didn't feel any time difference. Maybe I was still in a excited state. I couldn't access the Internet, and the call was expensive. Basically I was in an isolated state; we can only watch TV. During the U.S. General Election, various radio stations are playing Obama and Romney. The election was not as enthusiastic as we thought, not as enthusiastic as we thought, nor as grand, the streets are still calm, maybe the election is too far away from us, and we have long been indifferent. We have always been onlookers, while Americans are watching us, after changing a few circles of TV and having no favorite programs, the loneliness strikes, and then gradually falls asleep in the noisy of TV.

On July 6, November 6, the first task of this day was to find the Washington state convention center, go to the Lake Union recommended by the IT manager Shimei female editor, and return to the conference center for report.

In fact, the road is very good to find, from the hotel, walk about 150 metres to the southeast along Alaskan way, then you can see an elevator, go up and walk along Lenora Street to 1st ave, then, it passes through virginia St, Stewart st, and pine st to Pike ST in order in the southeast, and passes through 2nd Ave and 3rd along Pike st to the northeast.
Ave, 4th Ave, 5th Ave, 6th Ave, 7th Ave, and 8th Ave can be taken to the conference center. Fortunately, every street is short, each street is surrounded by a variety of sweet cake shops, fast food restaurants, supermarkets, or clothing stores. Enjoy the scenery and arrive at the conference center in about 20 minutes; the conference center is holding another Microsoft SQL Server certification training session. It looks around the floors covered in the Conference venue and starts another lake union journey.

Figure 3 scene of Convention Center

From the map, we can see that Lake Union is just a 40-minute journey. Seattle's transportation includes wagon, bus, old-fashioned tram, and light rail, however, I don't know where to get off the bus. It's better to have a hiking trip and take a look at the surrounding scenery. So I asked while walking, seattle people are very kind. Whether it's black or yellow, everyone will be very enthusiastic to help you specify the path, and some will lead you to walk.

Figure 4 Seattle Bus

Figure 5 light rail in Seattle

My departure time is about. The strange thing is that there is no traffic jam on the streets of Seattle. There are few bus, few cars, and few pedestrians. I feel quiet, pedestrians generally follow the traffic rules and seldom see the situation of crossing the road at will. I came to Space Needle, one of the landmarks of Seattle, it was designed for the World Expo held in Seattle in 1962. the space needle tower is about 180 tall and far away not so magnificent. There are too many buildings in China than this one, at that time, I did not know his origins.

My poor English and the distorted roads in Seattle have led me to take a lot of roads. I accidentally came to the neighborhoods near Lake Union, which are on a steep hill, there are a lot of cars parked on the street. Every residential area is a small villa with two or three floors. The yard is also small, and the door of the yard is gently hidden, the leaves on the street began to become red, and various colors of red and green were intertwined. In addition, each small Villa formed a beautiful landscape; suddenly, the puppy on the opposite side of the road was stunned by a squirrel which had been found in an inexplicable corner. The squirrel climbed to a big tree without any delay, disappears between leaves.

After some exploration, I finally came to a road next to Lake Union lake. The clear lake of Lake Union moored many boats. Now it's late autumn, and almost no one came here, far from the past, on the opposite side of the hill, there were red-green trees and small villas in the forest. There were docks and a row of shops next to the road. Of course, these shops were selling and renting yachts, I came to the valley St Along Westlake ave. the intersection of the two roads was Lake Union Park. Westlake Ave and Lake Union Park were connected by a distinctive iron bridge, there is a large green lawn by the lake. There are hundreds of wild ducks on the grass. Some of the wild ducks walk freely, and some do not know what to eat in the grass, it seems that my existence is ignored, and the nearest duck is just a few minutes away from me.

Being rich is not just life, but also an attitude towards life. It is a harmonious blend of man and nature. I don't know how long we will go before the United States.

 

 

 

Reluctantly leaving Lake Union to go to the Washington state convention center, the journey went a lot smoother. By the way, KFC in the United States is similar to the layout in China, the food price is a little expensive, about 4 ~ About $8, but the hamburger here is bigger, and the drinks are casual.