My parents came to visit!
They flew in on Friday while I was still at work. They toured around Portland a bit on their own, stopping by the International Rose Test Garden (a guaranteed way to please my dad).
After I met up with them, I took them to see my morning school. After that we went out to dinner at the Kennedy School. It's an old school building turned into a collection of restaurants, bars and hotel rooms all while maintaining most of the "school building charm." One of my favorites is a bar where there are still chalkboards on the walls. The "Detention Cigar Bar" is pretty funny though too. I think my parents liked the "Boiler Room" the best. It is decorated with all kinds of pipes and pieces of machinery. It looks pretty wild.
Over the next few days we did some serious exploring. Cannon Beach, where we froze our butts off, but watched the tide for a little while nevertheless. We went to Columbia River Gorge to see some nice views and waterfalls.
And Willamette Valley wine country. Where we did some fun tasting...
we may have gotten a bit out of hand...
(those are grapes we found on the ground...don't judge me.)
It was really nice to hang out and show them around a bit. It's been hard knowing I'm so far from them, so it was really nice to have some time showing them our new home. I'm still not recovered, a week later...being a tour guide will wear a girl out! But it was worth it :)
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