Fountians in Portland (A Travel Blog Continued)

Hello everyone and happy Thursday!

On my (part of) two-day(s) walking tour with some buddies in Portland, we saw fountains in every direction! My resident friend mentioned in an ironic way that he wondered if Portland lost a lot of water that way.

Nevertheless, I loved seeing all the fountains and water displays. I tried to catch as many photos of them as I could, and even dipped my toes in a few of them. Some were simple, some grandiose, and as I post these pictures of them, I'll try and tell you the names of the ones I remember!

My first glimpse of the Lovejoy

The Lovejoy Fountain on Lovejoy Street. 

Ira's Fountain

"Strength and Beauty come from us, not tyranny." 

There's a place you can stand behind a waterfall!

Looking in

Our tour guide

A park in honor of mothers

A water feature outside of a Subway

The drinking fountains are always bubbling, there. 

This very last one is the one and only natural water feature. It's outside of Portland, on Interstate 84, near the Dalles.

Doing what I like to do best... 

I'm such a water-lover myself, that it was a lot of fun to see all these fountains and water features around. I hope you all liked them, as well!

Thanks for reading, and Happy Thursday!

Architecture in Portlandia

Hello everyone, and happy Tuesday! I have been in Oregon for a week and half now, and would like to share some of my photos from my travels. My sister and I flew to Portland and on our first and second day there, we were led on a walking tour by one of our friends from college. I was able to snap a few pictures as I tried to keep up with the pace. Quite a few people like to walk places in Portland, and it makes sense if you see how many one-way streets there are!

My sun-flared picture of the Portlandia Statue.

A better one from Wikipedia (Thanks anonymous photographer!)

Did you know this is the 2nd largest bronze statue in the United States besides the Statue of Liberty?

A rooftop view

A Starbucks in a great little building!

The view from Starbucks

window sill detail

a beautiful, clean, glass building

inside a library

outside of the curved library building

three beautiful fellow observers

This was how my sister and knew we arrived.

One of the parks of Park Avenue.

more of Park ave.

My friend says this looks like raindrops from afar. 

A witty sidewalk sign...

really tiny rooftop plants

The Wells Fargo building-- the tallest in Portland. 

Thanks for checking these out! I have so many more pictures for my viewers. Check back on Thursday as I show all of the cool fountains I came across in downtown Portland!

A little preview for Thursday!