The Jetpacker

Sometimes it happens: you spend weeks planning a trip… only to get sick by the time you get there. Never fear! You can make the most of your trip with these tips on how to experience a foreign country without leaving your hotel room.

Haunted pizzerias. Inmates and rainbows. A city of books. Bacon doughnuts. Those are just a few of the reasons why visitors to Portland, Oregon see signs that say “Keep Portland Weird.”

With only one day in Seattle, we checked out the Pike Place Market, went to the top of the frightening Space Needle, and had a visit with “The Green Fairy.”

It may have been dark and rainy on our last day in Vancouver, but it was just as fun as the others. We saw 10-foot tall guys playing street hockey, ate a bison burger, and experienced a serendipitous moment at the Slovakia vs. Norway hockey game.