Ashland, Oregon
I guess I was expecting Portland to be a brash, young city, but it is not at all like that. Like any city it has its traffic jams and roadworks and, this being the USA, it has its high-rise downtown, but it is far more than this. Portland, "the City of Roses" doesn't hit you in the solar plexus; rather it gently massages the senses into submission. Each block adds a little to the experience, without any one thing grabbing you. And you leave feeling you have only ...