(top two images: Pearl Bakery; 3, 4 & 5 at Powell's Books; last images Clyde Common)I wouldn't say I travel well. I pack too much. I worry about our cats, the house burning down or flooding, packages in need of a signature. I take forever settling into a hotel room, and I like to come back to the room and relax periodically. Still and all, it is good - even important - to leave home now and again. It's important for me to remember that where I live and how people are, how things function here, it is not the center of the universe. I have fun trying new restaurants, bakeries and cafes, among other things. As a tourist I feel free to talk to strangers more; I think I slow down and I'm warmer. I'm less distracted with my family. I walk more - something I miss in my daily life, and that I loved at those points in my life when I lived in more urban settings.
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Portland is a beautiful city. I wish I could see it.
wow, these are incredibly gorgeous photos!! you are making me miss portland - even though it's been forever since i loved there.
i know what you mean about being away from home. it's hard to make the shift in your brain, but so so good when you do.
Beautiful photographs. I too, like to get away (last weekend in Vermont), however, I love to come home!
I like Portland, a very nice place to visit. Have fun!
I'm loving your pictures of Portland. We went there for the first time last summer and loved it! We would move there in a heartbeat if it wasn't for pesky immigration and it being a different country and everything. Thanks for sharing!
Travel does offer ups and downs, but lessons too. I so agree with your perspective "to remember that where I live and how people are, how things function here, it is not the center of the universe". Such important things to know.
All things I'm trying to remember as I was just thinking about the fact that I wish I enjoyed traveling more than I do.
These pics have the exact same light that I remember from Portland on our one trip out there. Gorgeous. I'm glad y'all are having a good time. Isn't Powell's wonderful?
I also walked a lot more when I lived in a city, which seems a bit of a paradox. But in a city you don't want to have a car (at least, in a european city where parking and traffic are impossible), and so you walk everywhere, whereas in the country you must have a car, and drive to places!
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