Well, we’ve had a great time, a blast, an experience of a lifetime.
But now we’re homeward bound.
As I write we’re staying in a hotel for our last night in Houston – flying out tomorrow.
Category Archives: Houston life
Six days in Houston TX
My sister-in-law and her husband came to Houston for a week’s holiday. We didn’t let the weather get in the way and in a week managed to give them a great holiday.
This is what Alex and Bob got up to on their trip and some ‘things to do’ while visiting Houston. Continue reading Six days in Houston TX
Thanksgiving – a foreign perspective
If you are in the UK, generally speaking, you will not be too aware of Thanksgiving – it just passes you by. If you are in the US, you would have to be dead not to be aware of it. It signals the official start to the countdown to Christmas. Houses are bedecked, festive lights are popping up all over the city and the TV schedules have been taken over with Thanksgiving Day parades.
10 sure signs that you’ve had visitors…
We’ve had visitors! Rather a lot of them of late.
Here are the tell-tale signs that we have enjoyed the presence of family and friends in the past month.
Falling into Autumn….
Is it Fall or is it Autumn?
Normal life resumes….
Whatever ‘normal’ means in this country. Where just down the road there is a large billboard above a seedy looking store that proclaims ‘GUNS, TVs, Sell, Trade’. A store that has both guns and tvs on sale is probably not to be visited after dark, I reckon.
Where a family of seven is murdered by a jealous ex-partner in cold blood.
Where Donald Trump is running for President. Can I say more?
Where a walk in the sun is impossible in the summer heat, without just about passing out.
No more rats….
And other extra-ordinary encounters in the USA. Well, not ordinary if you are from Aberdeen, Scotland, that is.
Some of the daily happenings and encounters are odd, to say the least. However, I don’t think the average Texan, or any American for that matter, find any of this unusual.
I do.
Here are some of the oddities, happenings, and general observations that have puzzled and amused me recently.
Warming up – wicked weekends in the (not so) wild west-ish
The weather is hot! As I write we’re experiencing 35ºC on a regular basis, sometimes up as far as 40º which is over 100º in old money.
So what do we do on the weekend when it is too hot to venture out for long walks, or even relax in our minuscule garden?
Continue reading Warming up – wicked weekends in the (not so) wild west-ish
Reflecting on 6 months in Houston – Happy Independence Day
It’s the 4th of July – American Independence day. And we’re celebrating with them – 6 months independently living in the USA.
When we first learned we would be coming to Houston, we had mixed feelings. Having passed through once on the way home from a holiday back in 2011, we had not been well impressed. Everything seemed so spread out and finding the heart and soul of Houston seemed impossible.
Continue reading Reflecting on 6 months in Houston – Happy Independence Day
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