oregon!

Oregon is BEAUTIFUL! Everything is so green and fresh. The first night I was here we saw the sunseting over the pinetrees. You could see the outline of the mountains in the background. For lunch we ate at the Venice Theatre Cafe. It's this cute restaurant that was once an old movie theatre. They now play classic movies like Gone with the Wind. :)

We woke up early the next day and went to the Rose Gardens. I'll post pictures later. I had never seen so many different colors of roses in my life. There were miniature ones, velvety ones, and others two-toned.

After the rose garden, we went to Downtown Portland. We shopped at Nordstorm and ate at their cafe. The view from the restaurant overlooked Pioneer Square. Danica and I split the most delicious Blackberry cobbler. I could eat 5 of those and be completely content.

We also visited Powell's City of Books! It's the largest bookstore EVER! It has over 1 million used, new, and out-of-print books in over 68,000 square feet!! We only went to a tiny section of it, but it would probably take a few days to peruse through all of it. haha

For dinner we ate at Little Big Burger! They had tiny burgers that filled me up for sure. I'm going to miss all of this great food when I leave.

Here are a few pictures from today. :)



So at the MAX stop, Portland's rail system, they had a giant word search. It kept me entertained for a while :)
This is Danica! The awesome "Portlandian" that I came to visit! :) haha I'm so jealous that she gets to live here!
Here's the MAX coming to take us to downtown Portland :) I felt like I was in London again with all the Public Transportation and cloudy weather. I love it!
Here's a cool building around the Pearl District! I love all the retro colors.

Hopefully I'll post more pictures from my adventures soon :)
Charmaine