Well, a couple of disappointments for Johnny in Portland (but probably not the end of the world either!). For one, we went to find the 24 Hour Church Of Elvis, only to discover it was no longer there (Elvis had left the building!). The other was we planned to watch the Australia v Wales match at a nearby Irish pub, but we got our 6am and 6pm mixed up and we missed it. Never mind, through the wonders of the internet we managed to download the match (no danger of accidentally finding out the score before in this country!). Great match - am looking forward to watching the Australia v Fiji match from the comfort of an Irish pub... this time one that is actually in Ireland!
Spent most of Saturday just walking around Portland - we caught a tram to Washingtom Park (not much of a novelty for a Melbourne boy, but the kids loved it!). The Oregon Zoo was a bit of a letdown (not to mention those bloody Meerkats "ooh, look at us, we can stand on our hind legs and look like little people!"), but we are spoiled by such great zoos in Sydney and Melbourne. Had a great lunch at Jake's Crawfish - I recommend the seafood taco! After that we got ost in Powell's Books - it is 'UGE!!!
Sunday, once we got our acts together, we spent most of the day at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). They had an exhibition called Body World, which was bodies preserved by a process called plastination - sounds bad, but it was very interesting (and quite tasteful really) - take a look at Skin Man...
Since returning to Olympia, we have just be hanging out really - I am getting ready to leave tomorrow for New York, so it's the boring washing and packing stuff. Had a great time with everyone here and spending some quality time with the kids - will be sad to leave...
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