TEXAS - Ein Monat bei Cowboys, Astronauten und Ölbaronen

Thursday, 1.5.2014 My first trip starting in Berlin! Getting up at 4 am is no fun here either. The taxi arrives shortly after 5 and I fly to Frankfurt. The connection works...

Friday, May 2, 2014 The hotel doesn't serve breakfast and the peace and quiet is ruined by 6 in the morning when the truck and van drivers leave their engines running. Even with...

Farmers Market in Dallas

Sunday, 4th May 2014 As always, blue sky, fresh air, and shining sun when we leave. The breakfast was great, including waffles in the shape of Texas! Texas for breakfast! We...

Monday, May 5, 2014 After breakfast at our Best Western, we briefly visit the Azalea Gardens, which are unfortunately more or less out of bloom. Our drive now takes us...

Dienstag 6.5.2014 Wir kaufen die Tickets für die NASA an der Rezeption des Microtels für 16.95 $ statt für 23.95$ an der Kasse der NASA und laufen zu Fuß auf die andere...

Wednesday 7.5.2014 The hotel's "breakfast" consists of coffee, dry Frosties, and orange juice. The offered Continental Breakfast doesn't even include toast or butter/jam, and...

Thursday 8.5.2014 It's cloudy and humid. G. wants to stay at the hotel and on the beach, and I grab the car and drive to Houston. Exit from Surfside Beach along endless...

Friday 9.5.2014 The paving in front of the hotel is in full swing and we drive off after I claim and receive a 15% discount due to the noise. We first stop at the gas station...

Saturday May 10, 2014 The weather is nice, breakfast is okay, hotel is good. We are at the mall across the street at 9:30 because today we have to "work" at Wyndham. Allegedly...

Sunday, May 11, 2014 It's Mother's Day and prom and the weekend, and the city is bursting at the seams. Last night, we saw a lot of young people all dressed up, as well as many...

Monday, 12.05.2014 As predicted, it is overcast when we get up. G. goes to the Alamo after we changed our hotel reservation for Austin online. We leave San Antonio at 11:30 a.m....

Tuesday 13.5.2014 It's raining again or still when we wake up. We missed breakfast. While looking for a replacement, we pass by a place called "Opa" and stay there for coffee...

Wednesday May 14, 2014 We oversleep the inclusive breakfast again, this time until 10:00 am! So we go to Denny's across the street. We drive down South Congress to the South...

Thursday, May 15, 2014 Two weeks have passed today. We bravely get up before 8 o'clock in the morning and manage to have breakfast for the first time, which is not a big...

Friday 16.05.2014 We leave the hotel in New Braunfels and drive into town. In front of the tourist office stands a statue of a prince from Solm-something. New Braunfels is...

Saturday 17.05.2014 After breakfast with black bread from New Braunfels and cheese and tomatoes from Wal-Mart, we leave Brady and drive for about an hour to San Angelo. ...

Sunday 18.05.2014 At 9:30 a.m., the housekeeping knocks on the door and we jump out of bed for breakfast, which is taken down at 10:00 a.m. After breakfast, we take a shower....

Monday, 19.05.2014 The night in the very spacious room with a sitting area was quite sleepless for me. There are high lamps in front of the house, similar to floodlights, which...

Tuesday, 20.05.2014 "There's no water!" - The next complaint to the reception, and that already today at 7:30 a.m.! Supposedly, it's a "city problem", but miraculously, 10...

Wednesday 21.5.14 I wake up at 7 AM, get up shortly after 8 AM and wash the dishes and cutlery before using them. Coffee machine works and I sit at our picnic table in the...

I am awake again at 7:30 am and make coffee. We have breakfast in front of our "castle" and are once again happy that no one lives in the neighborhood. The RVs are also empty....

Friday, May 23, 2014 Cozy breakfast with sparse remnants. Brief chat with the girls from the neighboring cabin who arrived here last night. We're heading off to Frisco and...