Where international visitors stay in Ballard

They stay at the Hostel Seattle, an inconspicuous four-story building across from Ray’s Boathouse. “The first clue for me was the appearance of young people in backpacks walking slowly beneath the weight of their belongings toward Shilshole,” writes Peggy Sturdivant on her blog, At Large in Ballard. “The hostel is well-traveled and still found more easily from a wireless café in Korea than by a Seattleite. And that’s exactly how the owners want it.”