{"id":698,"date":"2015-07-09T14:36:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T14:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2015-07-10T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T13:48:21","slug":"the-port-in-portland-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"The Old Port in Portland, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-698 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?attachment_id=701'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534084991_8d6d6c5bda_k-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534084991_8d6d6c5bda_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534084991_8d6d6c5bda_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534084991_8d6d6c5bda_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?attachment_id=700'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150705_191803_19528445802_o-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150705_191803_19528445802_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150705_191803_19528445802_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150705_191803_19528445802_o.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?attachment_id=703'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534077091_193f1e5799_k-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534077091_193f1e5799_k-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534077091_193f1e5799_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/19534077091_193f1e5799_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150705_191803_19528445802_o.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> I\u00a0was destined to return to Maine for my vacation this year, to escape the heat of South Louisiana. \u00a0Cool temps did await me in Portland, where I spent two nights in a hotel on the waterfront overlooking Casco Bay. \u00a0Although I didn&#8217;t have the time to take the ferry, I am told Peaks Island is nice, only about 20 minutes away. \u00a0I spent most of my time checking out the Old Port, which was right across the street from my hotel. \u00a0It features many different sites and seafood smells-the good kind. The port was bustling with a ferry, restaurants and working fishing boats. \u00a0The scene is a pleasant walk with cool breezes. \u00a0Great restaurants and shops are also located in the surrounding few blocks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00a0was destined to return to Maine for my vacation this year, to escape the heat of South Louisiana. \u00a0Cool temps did await me in Portland, where I spent two nights in a hotel on the waterfront overlooking Casco Bay. \u00a0Although &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?p=698\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}