Travel experiences across the world
We kinda worked our way through most of Portland’s sights already, all of them a success too except for the closed Art Museum, or at least all of the sights we were meaning to check out: we didn’t go to the International Rose Test Garden, even though people keep bringing it up, but honestly I’m… Continue reading Nob Hill, Mississippi Ave, Hawthorne
My main plan for today was to get away from the city and explore the Oregon wilderness a bit, and for that I selected a half-day tour of the Columbia River Gorge. We set off on a cool, gray morning to go to a hotel downtown, where our tour guide picked us up first on… Continue reading Columbia River Gorge
Our first stop for today was one of the highlights of any visit to Portland: Powell’s City of Books, the world’s largest independent bookstore! I knew from my previous visit that one should plan to spend an entire morning at Powell’s, so we made sure to get there shortly after they opened at 10AM. It… Continue reading Powell’s, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Pittock Mansion
Our first full day in Portland started on the one hand marred by an early jetlagged wake up call and the anguish of having to wait for the delivery of my mom’s lost luggage, but on the other it’s been a beautiful sunny day with temperatures above 20°! I was worried that they’d deliver the… Continue reading Portland Japanese Garden, Downtown Portland
This is going to be a quick update just to introduce a new adventure: I am visiting the Pacific Northwest! After having paid a very quick visit to Portland and Seattle a few years ago as part of a longer trip (which you can read about on this very blog), I was left wishing I’d… Continue reading Arrival in Portland: Part II
I had one last morning to play with in Dublin before I had to take my flight back home, so I might as well tell you about it! I will start with the disclaimer that I didn’t have great plans for today. My initial idea was to go to the Museum of Decorative Arts, but… Continue reading Last morning in Dublin
I AM SO TIRED. I walked all over Dublin today! But in fact the day started with a very short stroll indeed, as I started by visiting the National Museum of Ireland right around the corner from my hotel. The museum is deceivingly large: when you enter, you walk into an atrium of sorts with… Continue reading National Museum of Ireland, Kilmainham Gaol
The first thing I learned today is that Dublin is absolutely overrun by Spaniards. Everyone on the street is Spanish. Most of the other guests at the hotel are Spanish. The waitresses at the hotel are all Spanish. Even I’m Spanish! What’s going on?! Anyway, for today’s cold but clear-skied morning, my first mission was… Continue reading Trinity College, Chester Beatty Library
It’s Long Weekend Trip time!! Sometimes those wonderful long-distance trips make me forget that there are so many interesting places nearby that I’m always meaning to visit, and one of those is Ireland. So I’m starting with a short trip to Dublin! I arrived in the afternoon and was surprised by the bitterly cold, sharp… Continue reading Arrival in Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland
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