We truly enjoyed our stay in Portland in this quiet studio! We only briefly met Ludger and Deborah but that was really because of our busy wedding-weekend schedule. We walked to the local shops/restaurants to eat a few times and I can't recommend Tasty n Sons highly enough. But go early :) We did have a car but I noticed a ton of public transportation and I'm sure it could have been managed without. With though, we found parking every time we returned to the house and when we were out it was inexpensive or free often enough. Loved our stay, thanks again!