Miles asked me to join him on his school field trip to Downtown Portland. They called this the Urban Tour. We toured historical buildings such as US Bank Pavilion (Where Dave and I have eaten at Portland City Grill), US National Bank, Bank of The West and The Benson Hotel with beautiful architecture. It was neat to walk Portland and see different views of the city with Miles, being that we are still fairly new to Oregon. We did not make it to the Court House because our group of 8 boys and one girl ran out of time. I had a great group of kids. Our tour guide Cindy was a volunteer with the city and she was fantastic. We ended the tour with lunch at Pioneer Square where we have been before and Miles and his 5th grade class mates were on the news weather update!! What a great day.
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| My group with tour guide Cindy |
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| 25th floor of the US BANK Pavilion looking out at all the bridges and the Willamette River...and of course Mt. Hood |
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| Lots of street art through out the city |
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| Tons of Food Carts |
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| Miles- 5th Grade! |
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| studied a lot of Columns today and the history of each buildings architecture and how it has changed over the years |
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| stair way- Hearts <3 |
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| Can you imagine how the 5th graders responded to this guy? |
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| public transportation, cabs, beautiful flower baskets and bikes....These are Portland Streets in a nutshell. |
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| ceiling of the bank |
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| Hotel Benson where President George Bush has stayed many times among many other famous people. Lots of history to this hotel. Was beautiful inside. |
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| Benson Hotel Chandelier |
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| This window cleaner was very high up...again, imagine 5th graders attracting his attention |
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| Miles and I at Pioneer Square |
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| Miles far right...red jacket. The news guy in the red tie... |
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| the weather guy |
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| kids going crazy and even falling down to be on TV....Was quite a scene |
