AT#230 - Travel to Portland, Oregon

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2010

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Sean Keaner of the BootsNAll travel network about the city of Portland Oregon. Sean describes the independent character of the city that is expressed in its brew pubs, food carts and hip culture. It is also evident in the famous Powell’s bookstore. Portland has a reputation for being rainy but Sean tells us when to come to Portland, where to ride a bike and where to find some good Vegan food. If Vegan is not your style find out where to find a pork chop over 4 inches thick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo.
0:10.7	Amateur Traveler episode 2.
0:14.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about Brew Pubs, food carts, and rain as we go to Portland, Oregon. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we go into
0:36.6	today's interview I do have two news stories for you. The first one you may have
0:40.9	caught this story about the Apple engineer who lost his iPhone in a bar
0:45.6	because he was drinking to celebrate his 27th birthday. Well, he was drinking German beer and
0:50.3	Luftanza has offered him a free trip to Germany.
0:53.6	I know it's not their slogan but want to get away.
0:57.4	And then the second one is the opposite.
0:59.1	People may not be going to Arizona.
1:01.3	There is talk about boycotts of Arizona because of a controversial
1:05.0	law that they're using to fight illegal immigration where the cops can stop
1:10.8	anyone at any time and require their papers.
1:14.0	That's caused quite a lot of controversy and I know in this area, for instance,
1:17.7	San Francisco is looking at getting out of any contract they have with the state of Arizona.
1:22.3	So stay tuned to see how that all turns out.
1:25.5	Like to remind you you can get a free audio book from audible.com.
1:29.8	I just finished reading the book, Crush It.
1:32.1	To get your free audio book, just sign up by going to Amateur Travel. just
1:33.4	sign up by going to amateur traveler.com
1:35.9	slash free book.
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