I have always wanted to go to the Pacific Northwest, Oregon in particular. So for my 30th Birthday we spent a weekend in Portland and it was amazing.
Top 3 reasons why we LOVED Portland:
1 - The food. Usually when I go on a trip I have to stay somewhere with a kitchen because of being Celiac I don't have many eating out options. We didn't use our kitchen once. Seriously. Almost every place we went had a gluten free option and I didn't get sick once from cross contamination. In addition to all the awesome GF options, the food in general is AMAZING. I wish I would have taken pictures of all the great food we ate. When we first got in we went to the downtown Farmer's Market.
This is a picture of Payton after trying a shot of oyster in spicy hot sauce. This was the first and last taste she had but she is really good at trying different foods.
2 - The people. They are seriously so nice. Before coming here I read a lot of blogs and even though everyone mentioned how nice the people are in their blogs you don't really believe it until you experience it.
3 - The green. It is so green there. The pictures don't do it justice. We went to these amazing Japanese gardens that are 5 minutes from downtown. It's crazy how close this beauty is to the city.
We also went to the famous Multnomah Falls. Wow. That is all I can say. But unfortunately our phones died by the time we got to the very top.
Portland Temple
Almost every blog I read said to go to an ice cream place called Salt & Straw. We drove by the first two days we were there and the line was wrapped around the street. We came back on the last day and got lucky with no line. I think it was because it was a monday morning. It was AMAZING. Like seriously amazing. They had some really cool flavors. And we tried just about every flavor. Some of my favorite were: Pear & Blue Cheese, Honey Lavender, Strawberry Balsamic with Black Pepper. They sound weird but were so good.
Portland we loved you and we will definitely be back. A lot.
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