Blogs from Dallas, Texas, United States, North America - page 13

Woke up this morning and were relived to find we had moved out of the snow. Arrived in Dallas an hour early after an uneventful journey. Our friends arrived to pick us up as we got there. Had a relaxing afternoon doing washing and a little bit more shopping – we will definitely need the extra suitcase we brought with us. We are now 6 hours behind English time. ... read more

We are on our way! Adios rain, hello sunshine!... read more

You can never start too early for catching a flight to the US of A. I arrived with ample time (so I thought) two hours before my flight. I hoped to be able to exchange some money or at least go to the toilet before entering the plane. How naive I was. Problems started before I even checked in. My lovely travel agent Lea forgot to tell me that I would need an ETS number (whatever that is). Lucky for me Vancouver airport information has two computers set up to just do that. Unlucky for me I do not own a credit card and was fucked. Eventually a very nice lady from the airport lent me hers and I could pay the US$14.00. On I went to immigration, my favorite place in the world. Who could ... read more

Greetings from Texas, the 14th US state (2 Canadian provinces on top) that we have visited on our travels. Weve had a couple of flying stops in Texas, Houston and then Dallas. Were now en route to Denver, Colorado, for our first taste of some really cold weather - the weather there is currently fluctuating between -1 degree and 6 degrees today, with snow forecast for tomorrow & Sunday. Houston was a lovely, clean, seemingly safe city. Unfortunately there wasnt a whole lot to do there, and we couldnt believe how dead the city was when we were wandering around. The hotel there was extremely interesting. It was a little 23-suite hotel that had a great room with comfy beds, but rude and unhelpful owners. There was only one employee who seemed willing to help us, ... read more

Howdy from Texas... Fri 24th Sept- Managed to find the train station from the greyhound station in downtown dallas, got the train to Irving a suburb where the hostel was, a woman and her daughter gave us a free lift from the train station to the hostel, Texans are the friendliest people ever. The hostel was really cool, the owner is so relaxed and gave us loads of local info, he doesn't live at on sight so everyone at the hostel keeps it going and there are some great people staying, massive open plan living area and all the extras like internet and laundry are free. Had drinks with people at the hostel in the evening. Sat 25th Sept- Headed to Fort Worth on the train with two irish guys from the hostel. Arrived downtown and ... read more