i'm going to try this should we do the same time yeah cheers
one thing we're about thinking about weird is downtown downtown um
portland this city center this is like the main square of the city
the whole downtown is like abandoned there's not much going on here there's not many people
and this is this is the main square which is called pioneer square
so this is a famous building up here because it like something like that it's got graffiti
um but the sun's out nobody else says and there's nobody else out it just does
beaver city this city is full of beavers right that's a ginger beaver
there's another ginger beaver there's a beaver river crossover's eye it's kind of pretty there's
lots of trees and especially in the sun that big court building up there is quite pretty but
it is weird it's very look there's not this this is like the main square of
the city and there's no one here yeah i like all the big high street shops here
how are they surviving there's no one here i don't really get it
we need to walk down to the water to have a wee quick look
at the river here in portland it's a river city um but we're just we're finally confused i don't know
all right so we've come to a place that every literally everyone recommended
here in portland is to come to this voodoo donut place and while we're here i thought i'm gonna
get the voodoo donut and it's literally just i don't know shape like voodoo doll
we have a weird stick thing on the side of it it's because it's a voodoo pen right yeah
i get it now yeah
what john's got a bacon i went for the bacon maple glaze donut that's my american accent
all right i'm gonna try this should we do it same time yeah cheers
love sweet pig
that looks nice
you should trust me you know what it tastes like you know the um caramel fudge donuts for greg's
if you eat one of them after breakfast you can't actually taste the bacon
that's full full of jam yeah wow that looks really nice should have got one
of them oh your glass for you no it's fine it's true i don't have something to jump yeah
like he was peeling away no idea oreos caramel chocolate peanut butter sauce peanut butter
there's another weirdo behind you three two one
i don't understand that but okay i don't know is weird it's filming
we're driving up the hill to the rose garden and wow oh my god it's so beautiful here
i can tell already i'm starting to get at portland we've arrived up at the rose garden
the drive up here was sensational there's so many like beautiful houses close to here and trees
and like colors it's gorgeous we saw these white blossom trees which were just
incredible anyway we're all taking a walk up here and we're gonna see what's around you
but it smells nice it looks nice it's nice and sunny what's this washington park vicinity oh
we're here we started uh okay it's huge there's a zoo in here as well there's so many things closed
as well like even here at the rose garden the rose garden store and information center is all closed
there's a lot of closed things yeah wednesday afternoon yeah it's wednesday afternoon i wonder
is that like a public holiday i don't know what day is today 11 of may 11 of mayor public holidays
our confusion grows because we're in the rose garden and we don't see any roses but
portland is weird these are rose plants to be fair and so are these but they're just not in
bloom right now but i think it's it's supposed to be may until july that they bloom though and it's
and it's supposed to be and it's mid-may and they're not blooming
these white bushes are striking
yeah okay now we're talking that is pretty
this white tree is so nice i feel like it needs to be put in context of scale
it is pretty big and and it's just it's just very beautiful look at that wow
as well as keep portland weird i think one of the other
one of the other um phrases or slogans of the city is the russet which is why we've come here
and there's no reason
for the first time in this trip as well i want to take my jumper off actually pretty hot as well
as a white impressive tree down there there's all these big massive tall trees as well look
i don't think they look that big on the camera but they but they blooming well are
a lot of people told me to come and see the redwood forest when we're here which we'll try and
do yeah john's look really tall and so are these trees and i thought the contrast would work well
i'm not sure it did oh wow that's pretty cool at this stage in the video i think i want to talk
about portland a little bit because i don't want to come away from this with anybody feeling like
i was being perhaps too harsh on the city because the fact of the matter is we were only there for
one whole day and two nights that's not enough to really get to grips with the city furthermore we
were there on a tuesday and a wednesday and many locals told us these are quiet days in the cities
when few things actually even bother opening like many cities around the world portland is a place
that has suffered tremendously during the covered pandemic there's a lot of recovery yet to be done
and a lot of locals are working on solutions meanwhile in the rose gardens nothing was in
bloom and that is because in portland it is in the cold northwest and while roses might be in bloom
in other parts of the world by now the portland roses don't actually come into bloom until late
may but from up here in the gardens and walking around the vantage point so you can get the view
of the whole city you can truly see it that is a beautiful place full of a lot of greenery
nature hiking trails and i definitely want to come back to this region and explore more
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