we began saturday morning at the pike place market. we ate pain au chocolats from le panier, and i enjoyed a rare decaf cappucino. it was phenomenal, and the pastries were fantastic. we brought a couple back to portland with us to enjoy monday. after exploring the market a little, we made our way down to the water's edge to the seattle aquarium. it's been a while since i've been stuck in such a small area with so many young children. the aquarium seemed a little old... i prefer the one on the oregon coast. the layout of the seattle one was weird. it seemed to proceed to the left, but the actual individual exhibits went left to right, so i found myself doing a lot of backtracking. after seeing the sea lions and sea otters being fed/trained, we walked over to the seattle space needle (which was a good hike).