Portland, Oregon – A small big city.

Posted by Euge on Jul 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay in Portland. Aleksey and I spent the vast majority of our time inside the “Pearl District,” a small collection of streets in the north western section of downtown Portland. The city has the most restaurants and microbreweries per capita in the United States. For lunch we decided to eat at a health conscious restaurant at the edge of the Pearl District, where Aleksey quickly ordered a grilled hamburger. The food was excellent, and not too expensive. Later in the day we visited one of the many microbreweries and had a beer each (I had a brown ale that was OK, and Aleksey had the “Russian River Damnation” which he thinks was SO-SO). Off to Seattle, Washington.

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The best named city in the United States: Eugene, OR

Posted by Euge on Jul 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

I wanted to drive through Eugene, Orgeon for two reasons. The first: simply to see what it was like… we do share the same name after all. The second was to take the following picture:

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Highway 1 – Driving North

Posted by Euge on Jul 17, 2009 in Uncategorized

We awoke to a hazy morning several hundred feet from the Pacific Ocean. We reached Highway 1 on the California Coast the prior night intent on driving it north along the coast through California and South Oregon. The drive was spectacular in all regards: the road was windy in places but still sustained a good speed limit, the air was fresh and cool, and the scenery: stunning. The morning drive was through thick fog, while the afternoon was completely clear. The pictures will speak for themselves.