Portland visit

I just got back from visiting Lewis & Clark, where I saw Carla, Mariah, and Jessica. It was an amazing trip, and almost a complete Chile reunion...if only Kristin could have been there!!!

I'd been through Portland lots of times before but had never spent much time actually there and appreciating it, so it was pretty cool to be able to wander around downtown and see the sights. We went to the biggest independently owned bookstore in the US! We also had coffee again and again and again which was good since it was really cold and rainy!

The first night there I stayed at Carla's, and the second, at Jessica's. They both had beautiful places. I didn't get to see Mariah's house since she lives half an hour by bike from campus. As for the campus itself...wow. It is really beautiful, green, and covered in trees. Walking around campus feels like being in the woods. I mean I like how compact Grinnell's campus is because it feels more like a campus and a community, but this was really beautiful and I could see how you could fall in love with walking to class every day along a mossy, misty forest path.

It was really great seeing everyone after 10 months of just the occasional email. I think all the time that passed could have detracted from other friendships, but the fact that we all met in Chile and shared life-changing experiences there made a strong enough bond that we could see each other pretty much whenever and have things to talk about.

Who would be up for a Buenos Aires reunion, in, say, 2015?