Tuesday
We drove to Portland today to the Visitors Center to find out what there is to do and see in this city. Portland was settled by the English in 1632 as a fishing and trading center. It was originally called Machigonne by the natives who lived there. Portland’s metro population today is 425,000, almost ¼ of the states total population. We found there is much to learn about Portland and we have decided to go back to Portland on Thursday and take the city trolley tour and the harbor tour. We had a nice lunch, a delicious grilled haddock sandwich with cole slaw, walked around the city and then made our way home. If you ever come to Maine be prepared for highways that are like a maize. There are a gazillion of them and they run every which way. It is even hard to follow with the gps.