TWT’s 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
December 4, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under California, Central California, Couples' Travel Tips, Europe, France, Oregon, Paris, Paso Robles, Portland, Southern Europe, The Americas, USA
Photo by Roadsidepictures
The popular travel blog TripBase has started a tag-you’re-it game across the travel blogosphere.
The goal is to collect an amazing list of across-the-globe travel secrets from as many travel bloggers as humanly possible. Someday soon, this list will be a Creative Commons roundup that I’ll be sure to share with you!
For now, I’ve been tagged by two of my favorite travel bloggers, Sheila of GoVisitHawaii and Isabelle of Isabelle’s Travel Guide to contribute my own best kept travel secrets.
So, here we go:
Falling Into the North Willamette Valley
October 5, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under North Willamette Valley, Northwest, Oregon, Portland, The Americas, USA
Domaine Serene, in early October
A simple search of the Travels With Two archives will tell you how much we love Portland, Oregon. But, truly, we also sing the wine country praises of the nearby North Willamette Valley.
Of course, the singing usually comes an hour into tasting pinot noirs…
Portland’s Northeast Side
Mural detail at the Kennedy School
Portland, Oregon’s northeast has a certain scruffy elegance.
We split our 2006 Portland visit between two different lodgings in this part of town, and it’s so residential that you can’t help but feel at home here. Visit a farmer’s market, walk to a casual restaurant, go see a movie — all the stuff you’d do in your own neighborhood if you only had the time. Read more
Portland’s Southeast Side
View of Mt. Hood from Mt. Tabor Park
Portland’s Eastside is residentially entrenched but commercially emerging, making it seem on the surface less than tourist-friendly…but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check it out. We’ve had a lot of great Eastside adventures, and some of Portland’s best experiences can be found in the southeast. Read more
Portland’s Westside, Part 5 – Washington Park
When we’re done with Portland’s commerce (for a while), we like to head up to the beauty of the SW quadrant’s Washington Park. It’s full of flowers, animals and, in our dreams, a sweet little cottage for two.
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