How lucky I am to have good friends all over the world. This weekend my friends K. and R. came to visit Seattle from San Francisco.  We had a grand time.

I met them originally in Sofia where we were all teaching at the same private high school, the American College of Sofia. The school has a small community of international teachers and I was lucky enough to hit it off with K. and R. So much so that we traveled together to Vienna for Christmas Markets and mulled wine, Turkey for spring break last year and to Serbia for a weekend in Belgrade.
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This time we met up in the Seattle neighborhood of Ballard. I suggested a tour of local breweries. First of all what’s not to love about supporting local businesses?! What’s more the weather was some of the best weather we’ve had this spring.
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The sun was shining and the sky was absolutely clear. It’s rare to see the sky in Seattle without a cloud but that’s what we got on Saturday. I’m also pretty sure that birds were singing and puppies were frolicking.

Oh and the babies. There were lots of babies at the breweries. Apparently Seattle babies learn to love locally brewed beer early.  
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Then there were the food trucks. Three of the four stops we made had food trucks parked on-site making delicious things to eat.

What a great way to spend a Saturday. More to follow on the specific breweries we visited.