Tag: Portland

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

Today the Pacific Northwest finally lived up to its reputation, as it rained all day. You won’t hear me complain -I’m happy as can be that I got two days to enjoy the city at my leisure and that I was able to stroll around both the Japanese and Chinese gardens in good weather. Besides,… Continue reading Powell’s City of Books

Good morning, Portland! Even though the forecast said that it was going to rain forever, it’s been dry today, and I even saw the sun a little bit. It’s such a relief to be able to be outside, after the biting Chicago cold!I began the day by walking south to the Portland Art Museum, which… Continue reading The Portland Art Museum, the Lan Su Chinese Garden

It’s travelling time! Today I had to leave our Chicago apartment at an unspeakable hour, because I was due on the 10:00 plane, and I hadn’t accounted for the hour and a half the trip would take me (it’s around 45 min just from downtown Chicago to O’Hare, and you have to get there first).It’s… Continue reading Arrival in Portland: the Japanese Garden