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We’re staying at the Hawthorne House Hostel in the Bohemian District of Portland. Everything about the place, and the area, is Bohemian. Hawthorne Street is full of theaters, vintage clothing shops, cafes, buskers and various types of peddlers. People ride around on their bikes and say, “Hello” to each other on the street. We’re just a mile from the center of the city, but it almost feels like being in a small town. The hostel is proudly “Green”- the toilet water is recycled from the rain that falls on the roof, and the electricity is harvested from the reverberations of sound made by snoring guests. Breakfast is not free. Neither is coffee. The dorms are large, and the beds do not have individual lights, so if one person needs light, the whole room gets light.  The people staying at the hostel are friendly and interesting. 

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