Yup, I was indeed sleepless in Seattle. Nope, not because of the beauty, although there was plenty of it to take in. Nor was I lovesick. I spent three nights in Seattle, and two of the three were nightmarishly scary!
Night #1. After arriving in Seattle late at night, we wanted nothing more than to fill our bellies and crash. We had been through a full day of work, and a flight. We went for Seattle’s own burger franchise, Dick’s. Nope, that wasn’t the scary part… the burger was ok. But that night I had the fright of my life when I woke up in the middle of the night with a stabbing pain coming from my back all the way to my chest. Every breath I took brought a piercing stabbing of pain that knocked the air right back out! As the drama queen that I am, I expected the worst.
“I am having a heart attack” I declared… to myself… in my head. Of course, these are not the symptoms of a heart attack.
I was with my guy, but I didn’t bother waking him. I debated calling 9-1-1, but I froze with panic.
“What if it’s nothing and I waste their time? I could be taking the place of someone who is truly ill!” – I reasoned with myself.
“Oh well, if I make it through the night, then it probably was nothing!” – My thoughts! What a crazy person!
Who remembers Real World Seattle?!?!
It turned out fine. I barely slept that night because the pain was very stubborn and my crazy thoughts were even worse. I survived the night, and in the future I have decided I need to seek medical attention when scary things like these happen! You never know what it could be.
I had remnants of the pain throughout the weekend, but it didn’t keep me from seeing these beautiful sights!
Night #2. Now this one is for the books! Exhausted from a long day of touring around and taking in as much of Seattle as humanly possible, we both passed out as soon as our heads hit the pillows. But in the middle of the night I wake up to the sound of some jangling keys. I suddenly realize that someone is trying to get into our room! I could hear them putting a key into the keyhole (yes, this hotel is kind of old-school). I could hear them trying to force the knob open. Doesn’t work. They try another key. I hear whispers. I panic!
I wake my guy. “Someone’s trying to get in our room!” I say, with fear filling every corner of my body.
“Nah their probably trying to get in to the room next door” my guy says, half-asleep.
I shake him and say “Nope! Nope! They’re definitely trying to get into our room!” He falls back asleep.
Yup! If it’s up to my guy, we’d be dead meat! Again, I was only able to lay in bed with my crazy thoughts and staring at the door. Formulating escape plans, and cursing my guy for possibly sleeping through our very own horror movie!
He Smiles Because He Slept Through the Night!
Turns out it was just a pair of drunk tourists who confused our room for theirs. They never did get into our room.
Sigh of relief!
Definitely got a good scare, but now I can’t stop laughing about those two nights! Sometimes good scares make for great memories! Hope you got a good laugh!
But did I mention how beautiful Seattle is? I definitely want to visit again!
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Have you had any travel scares? do share! Have you been to Seattle? Any cool insider tips you’d like to share?
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Very scary! You definitely need seek medical attention, you never know! We actually stayed in a 1 star creepy hotel when we visited Seattle. It had shag carpet, low lighting probably bc of the sketchy bedding and furniture, but it was cheaper than any other place we could find!
I know what you mean! The one we stayed in was very affordable too, and that’s why we picked it! But I have no complaints on the hotel. Definitely gave me one good story to tell! Thanks for visiting!
I’m also a drama queen so I’m probably going to have the same reaction as yours hahaha… The intruder would scare me shitless that’s for sure. I don’t have a scary travel story to share yet, thank god.
Good to know I am not alone!
Did you find out why you were in such pain the first night? Sounds like you are good Ying and Yang with your guy in terms of panic/calm mode 🙂 Hope your next adventure isn’t quite so scary
Ha! Never thought of it that way! Ying and Yang! And no, I never did find out about the pain, but I felt fine after a few days and it’s all good now. I have been to the doctor recently.
Sounds like your bf might be a little too chill about someone trying to break into your room ^^ It does make for a great story though, doesn’t it?
Right?!?! I call him out on it all the time 😉
That sounds your jusy being paranoid on your travels…. a piece of advice think postive and good things will happen to you.
Ditto!
Glad it all worked out well and you enjoyed Seattle. Nice city!
Haha, hope you caught up with sleep in the end!
Ha ha, I think my hubbie would do the same, sleep always wins! Although I did make him go downstairs in his pants to tackle a suspected intruder once…turned out to be an earthquake, not someone breaking in!
Oh haha! That’s a funny one!
Hmm, Seattle has never been high on my list to be honest. Sounds like you had a stressful stay!
Oh it’s beautiful though! And the food scene is top notch! It wasn’t so stressful, it makes me laugh whenever I think of it!
Love how appropriate the title is 🙂 I’ve never had an interest in Seattle when I was young, but definitely gaining more interest now!
I agree with you that good scares can sometimes make for the best nights!
Yikes! Someone trying to come into the room would’ve freaked me out a little bit since I typically travel alone. Never been to Seattle but I’m planning a road trip around the states for next year and it’s on the list!
Oh you’ll love it! It’s too bad the gum wall is coming down. But there are plenty of beautiful sights!
loved the sleepless in seattle movie! seattle is such a beautiful city 🙂 looks like you had a great time!
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Oh, not the best conditions you found for a citytrip! What was wrong now with the body in the end?!
No idea! But I am definitely good now 😉
My friend went to Seattle and he said that it is a very lovely city, sleepless night is normal! So after reading this, I was just… Oh okay. He wasn’t lying!
How funny!
LoL…I experience traveling with the drama king and queen too when we were in Amsterdam..I had to control them 😉
uh-oh! But that makes it fun when looking back 😉
Wow, well it sounds like you had an interesting time in Seattle one which for good and bad reasons will stay with you! Travel sometimes is about these not so ideal things too and overcoming them!
True!
I hope you had a nice time in Seattle apart from those two scary nights 🙂
Oh my gosh what a crazy couple of days! Hopefully you’ll be able to still remember the goos parts of Seattle and maybe return someday:)
Oh of course! I loved Seattle and hope to return soon! The city had nothing to do with my crazy weekend 😉
Looks like a nice, chill trip!!
What a way to express your feelings, Amazing! I was able to imagine what you must have felt like and it was scary. When I had a feeling of someone sneaking into my room I had planned all the possible ways to fight back hahaha
Oh goodness, maybe you should have yourself check out if you’re having attacks like that? Anyway, glad you still ended up having a good time and for those drunk tourist, I don’t know what to say about them. Clearly they wont remember a thing the next morning 😀
Never been to US or Canada so far, but I think I would really like it there in Seattle. Surrounded by national parks and water… That’s all I need! 🙂
It’s gorgeous! I truly recommend it!