My friend from Germany, Florian, will be making a trip over to this side of the world in September, and he'll be in Portland from September 13th to the 18th. I'm thinking of things to do and show him while he is here, and so far I have the following obvious things on my list of possibilities (he's especially interested in getting out and seeing the world around these parts).

Mt. St. Helens (pretty much a given)
Oregon Coast (probably the northern-most portion)
Various food joints downtown
Maybe some of the micro-breweries (if he's interested in that)
Powell's (another given, but not really an event)
The Gorge

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I need some help. I mean, I can easily fill up a few days with interesting/fun stuff, but I figured I would ask around. Any ideas? Anything exciting happening during that time? What do you show/do with people who come to visit?