Portland, ME - Day 1

Moving from Texas to Maine! I flew directly to Portland from Austin (with a stopover in Atlanta - blah!) on 12 August, arriving in the afternoon. I met Erin and Jennifer at the Portland airport and from there we took the a shuttle to our hotel (Holiday Inn Portland by-the-Bay). We checked in and met up with Michele and her boyfriend FF (firefighter, AKA Jeremy).

From there, we all headed out to lunch at Duck Fat. When we arrived it was a little busy so we put in our names and headed next door to wait. We shared a bottle of wine while waiting, then headed back for lunch. The food here was pretty good -- especially the french fries (in garlic aioli). I also ate a BGT sandwich: bacon, goat cheese, and tomato. We also shared another bottle of wine.

After stuffing ourselves silly (this would be a theme of our Maine trip), we waddled back to the hotel and promptly fell asleep. We had originally planned to visit the Portland Art Museum (across the street from our hotel) because it was free on Fridays from 5-8 pm, but we slept through 8pm! Oh well, we have something to do for next time!