Portland: Day One & Two

{The World Forestry Center}

Thursday November 5th:

Well, with our "hostel" being a little sketchy, we opted to spend our first day everywhere but. Portland has amazing public transit & we definitely took advantage. We went to The World Forestry Center, which was pretty cool. We learned about trees & sustainability in the area. And of course played with a ton of kiddie-esque exhibits.

{Krista planting trees}

{hang gliding}

Oregon has no sales tax, which is aaamazing! So of course we had to do a little bit of shopping too. Then we opted to go to a Lebanese restaurant downtown called 'Habibi's' that was almost as good as Pita Cafe & Flaming Kabob back home. After a long day out in Portland, it was time to head back to our dicey hostel.

{holiday lights downtown}

Friday November 6th:

Today, we hit our breaking point. It was time to leave our sick-nasty motel/hostel. After a very back-and-forth debate with X & Roxy about getting our $$ back, we decided we had enough & couldn't take it anymore. The grunginess of the entire place was beyond words...just wait for the pix! So my {Jackie's} mom very kindly put us up in The Marriott downtown for our last two nights. Thank you mom! You are the BEST!

{Our room - check out that lovely ceiling}

{the scary bathroom w/our spider & worm friends, Lenny & Bob}

{we call this the BEFORE}

{...and this is the AFTER! life is good & clean again}

We spent a lot of time walking around & then went out to Candy's for happy hour & dinner. A saleswoman at Nordstrom recommended it & it was perfect. It was a modern lounge with touchscreen monitors at some of the booths - super fun!

{mmm, white sangria!}

{playing with the monitors @ Candy}

{going out to Saucebox}