What a great little city in Maine. Home to about 30,000- 40,000 residents, it is one of Maine's larger cities.

The pier itself in Portland is in somewhat of an industrial center, although a few blocks of walking and you will come to a nice harbor area filled with some really nice restaurants.

I took the Portland City Highlights and Kennebunkport tour. It was fantastic.

After a short driving tour of Portland we went out to Cape Elizabeth and the famous Portland Head Light lighthouse, also known as the "most photographed lighthouse in the United States". It lived up to its reputation. It was a gorgeous sunny day and the lighthouse and the views were spectacular.

From Cape Elizabeth we drove to the charming town of Kennebunkport. We drove up to Walker's Point home to the Bush family compound and stopped in Kennebunkport itself for a few hours to walk around. It turns out that President Bush (43) was coming to town the afternoon we were there. The town was a buzz! The restaurant where President Bush always purchases blueberry pie stopped selling the pies in the morning so that she could give them all to the President and his staff.

While in Kennebunkport I had the most amazing Lobster Roll at a small little shack called the Clam Shack. Its right next to where all the tour buses park. If you ever get a chance to get out there, don't miss it. It will be well worth the money you spend on it!

If anyone else has any more information regarding Portland and its surrounding areas, please feel free to post it here!

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