I rode the MAX light rail to Skidmore Fountain/Burnside. I walked to the Chinatown Gateway at Burnside and NW 4th Avenue to begin my exploration of Chinatown. As I wandered through the streets lined with twin ornamental street lights, painted red and gold, with bilingual street signs in Chinese calligraphy, and Asian Flowering Cherry trees yet to bloom, I felt that Springtime was not far away. I visited the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and took the guided tour. I stopped briefly to watch a Chinese Tea Ceremony in the Hall of Brocade Clouds. I had Emperor’s Gold Tea and Almond Cookies at the tea room in the Tower of Cosmic Reflections. Afterwards I finished my walking tour of Chinatown.
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