Traveling Tuesday - Introduction To The Trip

On Tuesday, August 22, the Man and I flew from Ottawa to Portland.

Our general thoughts about Portland as a city:

-Clean

-Easy to drive around

-Half the city is pregnant (I have never noticed so many pregnant women in my life)

-The other half of Portland is not wearing a shirt

-The food is amazing

-People are very friendly (this extended to the coast as well)

We stayed our first night in a B and B - Mayor's Mansion on Laurelwood Park. Because home built in 1912 that the owner has turned into a B and B.

The Mayor's Mansion

The Mayor's Mansion is decorated in an Asian style which reminded me so much of Japan. The owner had never been, but collected pieces for Estate sales.

Sample of the common sitting room

I feel like we spent much of our time in Portland eating.

We visited the food trucks downtown. This is a square city block of just food trucks. We picked Mexican as it was gluten free for me. 

We also tried a number of places on Mississippi Avenue. A couple of highlights other than food included:

A light shop (which wasn't open either time we went to the street)

and a used book store that sold you a blind date. Basically it was a fluffy piece of fiction, wrapped in brown paper with the first line of the book written on it. They sold for $3. Since I read 4 books on this trip, it was nice to find to pick up cheap easy reads. 

The one place I wish we had been able to explore more was Washington Park. It was an amazing park with gardens, museums, the zoo.  I will be sharing my pictures of the Test Rose Garden in Flower Fridays.

Look how tall the roses are!

Next Tuesday we will talk about the zoo, so be sure to come back!