The game finished over an hour ago, and I’m now back at my hotel, still buzzing.

On the way back to the station, whilst standing at the kerbside waiting to cross the road, I found myself standing next to somebody else wearing a San Francisco Giants hat. We got talking, and he turned out to be from the Bay Area originally, but had moved to Seattle and is a season-ticket holder at the Mariners. We chatted for ages as we waited for the trains to come and he insisted that I accept a hift of the brand-new Mariners scarf that he’d just bought. He wouldn’t take no for an answer, so now I have a great Mariners scarf too.

Even once I’d got back to the hotel, I was still feeling elated from the exciting end to the game - Mariano Rivera doesn’t blow saves very often (he’d converted 36 in a row, and not blown a save opportunity since April, in fact) and I saw on the television highlights that when the home run was hit he couldn’t do anything except spin around to watch it sail over the fence and say “Wow!”

Today was a really great day. I met some really nice, friendly people and saw some fantastic sights too. I would like to return to Seattle again, perhaps in a couple of years when all the construction around the stadium area has been completed, and also try some trips out to Mount Rainier and perhaps even across to Victoria in British Columbia, neither of which I had time to do during this visit.