It’s a bit funny to think of Seattle as ‘off the beaten track’. After all, the Emerald City is home to 3.5 million people, not to mention Nirvana, Starbucks, Drs Meredith Grey and McDreamy, Frasier Crane and Tom Hanks’ insanely picturesque houseboat from Sleepless in Seattle . But Seattle and the surrounding state of Washington (not to be confused with Washington, D.C.) is a rather unusual stop for US-bound Australians and Kiwis, who tend to make a beeline for other West Coast locales like Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
But head ever-so-slightly farther
