Eugene

Today was cold and damp, the coldest I think it's felt since leaving Heathrow! I had some of the free pancake breakfast in the hostel then walked down 'towards' the downtown area. I say towards as I don't think I actually found the 'town centre', there were lots of art shops and service industry buildings but nothing you could actually pinpoint as a town centre. The rain was still coming down and a could swear it started sleet at one point. A time/temperature sign on a bank said it was 6 degrees C and I could believe it. I wandered aimlessly around the streets and eventually made my way back to the hostel past lots of very bohemian houses with strange art works in the gardens and attached to the fronts of houses, I now realised the hostel didn't look too out of place after all!