Blogs from Texas, United States, North America - page 258

Today was a really lazy day! We all enjoyed a fantastic English roast dinner, thanks to Vivienne. I thought I would introduce you to the family pets. There is Monkey the hamster, who had an incredible knack of escaping from his luxury hamster home. Also, we have Major the doberman, who was the friendliest doberman by far, and rather short-sighted.... read more

I'm sitting here at work, just a day and a half before I leave for my big trip around the world! I will be flying from Houston-Minneapolis-Tokyo-Singapore-Colombo-London-Chicago-Houston. My main stay will be in Sri Lanka for 3 1/2 weeks.... read more

After a brief flight to Dallas we passed through customs quickly, after being fingerprinted and photographed for the amusement of American immigration. Met up with Theo and his wife Vivienne at the airport. I went to University in Manchester at UMIST with Theo over 13 years ago! He's been living in the States and I haven't seen him or his family for over 8 years. It certainly didn't seem like that long once we'd met up again. We drove to Theo's house in Plano, which is just north of Dallas, where we were to stay for the next week. It's a fantastic house with a pool and loads of rooms, something we don't get in England unless you're spending millions. Apparently the neighbours included the rich and famous, although we felt a bit paranoid after Theo ... read more

All that I can get done before I leave has been done. The taxi should be here in 15 minutes, and I'll be on my way to New York - New York without it's public transportation working. I can't imagine what that will be like.... read more

Wednesday morning, at 6am, I'll set out for my big adventure: a week in New York city, followed by 4 weeks in India. Here it is Monday very late/Tuesday very early, and there is not one thing in my bag. I'm not terribly worried about this fact - I don't need to haul the kitchen sink on my trip. But, as with most things like this, I wish it were done so I could quit thinking about it. It is always this way - too many things to do, not enough time to do them. Fortunately, in the last few hours I've moved from "thinking about packing" to "laying thing out that I need to pack". Maybe by noon tomorrow there'll be something in my bag.... read more