You thought I forgot about this blog, but I didn't. I just haven't done anything very noteworthy over the past month. Instead of traveling, I have been at PLU doing school (I know, who could have predicted that?). We do a month long class called J-Term at PLU and just finished last week. I took Humanitarianism and it was one of my favorite classes that I have taken at PLU. It allowed me to put a lot of concepts from other classes into practice with one another, and maybe gave me capstone ideas. Because of the break-neck style of J-Term I haven't gone anywhere besides the grocery store in weeks. To remedy this, Emma and I went on an adventure on Saturday.
We decided to drive south to Olympia, because Emma loves it and I had never been there. Olympia actually reminded me of Alaska in a way I cannot quite place. Our first stop of the visit was the Farmer's Market, it's open every Saturday year round. How cool is that? Because it is February there wasn't a ton happening but we had a really lovely lunch of Indian food.
The Farmer's Market.
After lunch we found a booth where someone was selling poems. The premise of the operation was: you give them an idea and then they write the poem. Emma and I obviously couldn't pass this up, so we gave her the topic 'friendship' and are now the proud co-owners of a poem.
Our new poem.
Our second stop was the waterfront, something of a tradition when Emma and I adventure. It was a little chilly so we didn't walk around a huge amount, but we found a tower that offered a really cool view of the capitol. If you have been following the blog for awhile you'll remember that climbing unnecessary numbers of stairs is an essential part of any good trip.
The capitol building behind the waterfront.
The last stop on our Olympia adventure was Downtown. We wandered around a few shops before Emma brought me to the best store I've ever been. There is a loose leaf tea store in Olympia with a wall of teas that you can smell before buying (we were there for awhile). We each bought four kinds of tea because we have limited self-control. After tea we took a brief break to get coffee, because there is no such thing as too much caffeine.
Do you see all the variations of early grey? That's my favorite!
In all we spent an afternoon in Olympia. While that doesn't seem like a lot of time it was a really great reminder of the fact that you can adventure close to home, you never know what you will find in your backyard.
Madeline
