Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Portland
How many bridges?
After breakfast we decided to explore some of Olympia, which seemed eerily quiet but it was a Monday morning. The seagulls were noisy (reminded Flo of Folkestone!) but the streets were empty and it did seem a case of asking "where is everybody?" After our visit to the fountains, we stopped for a small coffee, which gave everyone a much needed …
Surprise, surprise!
After another of Sally's delicious breakfasts (organic orange juice, followed by oregon fruit salad, followed by fig and pecan muffins, followed by sourcream and ricotta pancakes and local baked ham and sour cherry sauce washed down with copious amounts of coffee) we waddled out to the car ready to explore some of the Columbia River gorge area. …
Extreme Sports!??
After another of Sally's delicious breakfasts ( A blend of 17 sunshine juices, followed by a fruit cocktail containing sweet apricots, grapes and pineapple, then lemon and blueberry scones and finishing with a goat's cheese omelette with sundried tomatoes and fresh basil and chives, accompanied by Canadian bacon and Yukon Gold roasted potatoes and …
Another new experience.
Friday 13th - hmmm, is this really a good day to go up in a helicopter for the first time? We had a last delicious breakfast at Sally's, packed our cases and made our farewells to Portand and drove out on the Interstate 5 towards Seattle. We had decided to visit the Mount St. Helen's Visitor Centre before taking a trip up to view the crater by …
Hostel Moses!
... Luckily for me, Roma answered the door. Roma is originally Russian, lived in New York for a long time and now finds himself in Portland looking for a job in renewable energy. We chatted for an hour before a former housemate Chas turned up. He comes to the house regularly as Moses hosts many couchsurfers and the place can resemble a hostel than a home. Their record is 11 surfers and 3 room mates........and one bathroom!!!! I chat to Chas ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Pets allowed