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Our Texas Road trip – tips for Europeans driving in the USA
Blog: Heather on her travels - 9 May 2012
In Europe you may be used to getting around by bus or train but in Texas the car is king. If you’re planning a family holiday to the USA you’ll almost certainly need to hire a car to get the most out of your trip. In the past I’ve found that car hire often ends [...]
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Houston we have a problem! – At the Space Center Houston
Blog: Heather on her travels - 6 May 2012
The year was 1969 as I sat sleepy-eyed on my parents’ bed, watching the flickering black and white TV image of the first man to walk on the moon. Space of my childhood meant the adventures of my heart-throb Captain James T. Kirk and I committed to heart the opening words, “Space the final frontier, these [...]
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Park Inn Houston North – Bright, comfortable and convenient for the airport – video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 28 April 2012
One ten-hour flight, two airline meals, three in-flight movies and a hire car pick after leaving London and I was thanking my lucky stars that we only had to drive 20 minutes from the airport before we arrived at the Park Inn Hotel in North Houston. One of the big selling points of this modern [...]
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Postcard from Houston
Blog: Heather on her travels - 7 April 2012
This is a quick virtual postcard from our visit to Texas where I am right now with my family – our first day was in Houston where we arrived from London. Thanks goodness that we were booked in to the Park Inn North Houston Hotel that was just 15 minutes drive from the airport – [...]
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We’re going to Texas – YeeHa!
Blog: Heather on her travels - 27 March 2012
In early April I’m off to Texas with the family, on a road trip that will take us from Houston to San Antonio to Austin and back again. Texas is a darn big place and although I’d love to head west to the Big Bend Park for a landscape of cactus and tumbleweed or north [...]
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Traveling with a Toddler: Last Day at The Woodlands.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 8 September 2011
After a full week of dawn to dusk family time, the hubster and I made a deal. He was going to sleep in Sunday morning in our room at the Fairway Pines at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center -- and I was going to go enjoy the spa.
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Traveling with a Toddler: Houston to The Woodlands.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 27 August 2011
It took a whole lot to get Hunter up the next morning. I think she was getting a little weary on our trip, too. She hid in the bedcovers while we got about and got ready.
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Traveling with a Toddler: Houston and the Space Center.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 23 August 2011
After four nights away from home, I was determined we’d get out and about early on Friday to take in the sights around Houston. To this end I managed to get everyone up and out of bed and down to the second floor of the Embassy Suites for breakfast.
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Traveling with a Toddler: Galveston to Houston.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 19 August 2011
Thursday was our big water day. We thought we were going to hit Schlitterbahn Waterpark just as soon as it opened at 10 a.m. Well, that didn’t happen. And it wasn’t because we slept all that late, either.
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Travelogue: Orlando to Austin (SXSW)
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 27 March 2010
Time Frame: March 7 – 21, 2010 Miles Driven: 1229 After an extended stay in Florida catching up with family and friends, checking out sail boats and making new friends – we decided to head on to Austin to be in the area while SXSW Interactive was going on. With so many bloggers and friends planning to be [...]
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