Room offers coffee samples from Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America. Only five blocks from Port Plaza


Marina, you’ll find the downtown area centered between State Ave and Legion Way, with an eclectic grouping of restaurants, theaters, bookstores, and galleries. Book lovers can try the Browser’s Book Shop, and Orca Books, both with a solid collection of nautical books, plus the usual mystery and fiction sections. Asian food lovers will stumble


across no less than eight Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese restaurants walking along 4th


Ave. The Traditions


Café and World Folk Art (east end of 5th


Ave), serves lighter fare for your


afternoon pick me up, including soups and salads, lasagna, quiche, burgers and teas and coffees. Oyster lovers can try the shooters


at The Oyster House where oysters are served in a number of delectable ways: Olympia Oyster Shooter, Oysters Rockefeller, Bacon and Herb Roasted Oysters, Cognac Oysters, and pan fried Pacific Oysters, plus seafood dishes. The Fish Tale Brew Pub serves


restored house dates from 1860, and is complete with authentic furnishings and artifacts from five generations of pioneer Bigelow family. To see more of Olympia’s history,


try Olywalks, led by Dixie Havlak, or pick up the brochure titled Downtown Historic District Walking Tour from the tourist information office near the Capitol building, if you prefer to do


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good seafood and microbrews on tap. Olympia also offers a number of Mexican, Italian, and bars and grills waiting for you. A 15-minute walk across the other


side of East Bay gets you to the Bigelow House Museum (918 Glass Ave, open Saturday and Sunday 12:00-4:00pm, Memorial through Labor Day). This


a self-guided tour at your own pace. This tour walks you past 30 old hotels, parks, studios, theaters, and houses in a five by five block radius, designated a National Register Historic District in 2004, with a short explanation about each building. And, you’d be a delinquent citizen


if you missed the excellent free tour of the State’s Capitol Building. Lasting about 45 minutes, this informative tour gets you up to speed on the history and architecture of the Capitol Building. Constructed in 1928, the dome rises 287 feet high, and is highlighted by a massive Tiffany chandelier suspended from it. The behemoth Capitol Building features magnificent colored marble from Italy, France and Germany, and palace-like meeting rooms. You’ll even get to watch our lawmakers in action (or not) as the case may be. This tour meets inside the Capitol


Building daily, every hour on the hour from 10 am to 3 pm. Then stroll around the 12-acre Capitol Campus to admire the war memorials, sunken gardens, the Georgian Style Governor’s Mansion, and the Temple of Justice that houses the Supreme Court and State Law Library. If you haven’t had your fill of history by now, you can also visit the State Capitol Museum, open Saturdays, Sundays 12:00-4:00pm) Antique collectors must try Fun


Junk or the 10,000 square foot Courtyard Antique Mall with 70 dealers catering to antiques, furniture, jewelry, and home decorations. Olympia hosts several festivals


each summer including a Dragon Boat Festival (April 25), a Wooden Boat Fair (May 8-9), Olympia Harbor Days and Tugboat Races (Labor Day, September 3-5).


Roy Stevenson is a freelance travel writer based in Seattle, Washington. He’s had 370 articles published in over 100 regional, national, and international magazines, newspapers, in-flights and e-zines in the U.S.A., Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. To view some of Roy Stevenson’s travel articles go to www.Roy-Stevenson.com


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