Blogs from Dallas, Texas, United States, North America - page 5

Woke up in the creepiest hostel I have ever stayed at and got dressed in the dark. I left the hostel at around 5:30AM and I will never return to that particular hostel. I drove on the highway for awhile before stopping at a Denny's for breakfast. This would be my only meal until I reach Dallas in the evening. I usually skip lunch on vacation and load up at breakfast to compensate. I also loaded up on caffeine pills at this point to keep me awake on the road. I will advise people to very careful with caffeine pills because they are addictive. They should be only used for emergency situations. Drive to Dallas was uneventful but I enjoyed looking at the billboard advertisements on the highway. The Americans advertise so much better on the ... read more

Geo: 32.778, -96.7956I intentionally planned a few days in Dallas, so I could visit more with G'mommy and G'daddy.I did go to NBC on Sunday morning.I took naps.On Saturday, I went garage sailing with Shirley K. Watched Amazing Race.On Monday, I had my yearly check up with Dr Bristow. He gave me some medication for bladder infection. G'daddy took me to the airport and I was able to check 2 pieces of luggage. Flew in coach back to GUA, and Steve and Elisa were on board with me.Glenn picked us up and we dropped Steve and Elisa off at their house.... read more

Geo: 32.778, -96.7956Good morning. I thought I would write my monthly note to y'all and just recap our time in Germany. When it became apparent that we were still in the States and could possibly fly over to Frankfurt and return on Scott Russell's last flight, we talked it through and realized that this was one of those time where we had to jump to the opportunity. There have been things that we have chosen not to do, and we have regretted it, so going on that premises', we decided to fly over to Frankfurt on August 20 and return on August 28, Scott's final flight before he retired. (It was Karen's suggestion that we go and spend some time over there, otherwise, I was just thinking of flying over on Wed & return Friday.Wednesday, August ... read more

1. To the USA and Dallas Unlike my earlier trips the reason for the trip was to see the extended family who are all scattererd around the USA. As a higher conentration was in the south and west I decided to limit the trip to the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,Nevada and California. We had previously been to Indiana, New York and the GreatLake states. There was time limit of maximum 15days as Thankam could not avail of more days of off work. We booked the most convenient of flights to Dallas leaving Dublin at Nnon and reaching Dallas in the evening approx 7 PM. There would still enough day light left to get to our first stop in Frisco. We were cleared with ETA which was a pre-requisite under the Visa waiver programme. The ... read more

Sometimes I "get it" when it comes to art. Sometimes I do not. Nasher Sculpture Center was high on the TripAdvisor list for Dallas so I decided to stop by. It was....interesting.... read more