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Month 25 has been all about changing my mind and because of this I’ve ended up in some very surprising places!  The start of the month saw Dave and I in Portland, working, eating, drinking and enjoying the glorious weather. We had a fantastic quality of life in Portland and I couldn’t wait to help my parents fall in love with the city too — they came out to visit me for my final five days! The last time I saw my parents was June last year, so I was beside myself with excitement to be able to see them once more — by far the biggest negative to my travelling lifestyle is not being able to see my family whenever I’d like. Which is, well, at least once a week. I had an amazing time with them — they got to meet Dave for the first time, I introduced them to the concept of brunch and force-fed them incredible food on an hourly basis. I let them roam free through Powell’s Books, and took them to the smallest park in the world. We even managed to cram...

I have been excited to get to Portland for a while for a few reasons, but really mostly for the beer. I knew a Portland brewery tour (or many) was in my future. Oregon is one of the biggest producers of hops in the country and we visited right after the hop harvest and all the breweries had fresh hopped beer on tap. Aside from all the hops, they produce Portland is also home to the most breweries in a city in the world. In our short trip, I knew I wouldn’t be able to hit them all, but I wanted to make it to as many as I could. One of the best ways to hit the best Portland breweries is jump on a Portland Brewery tour with Brewvana tours. Oh and they are you designated driver so you can drink as much as your beer loving heart desires. I knew right away it was going to be a good brewery tour as the guide handed us necklaces with pretzels strung on them. Not everyone knows about the pretzel necklaces (but they should). You are supposed to use a pretzel to cleanse your pallet between beer...