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Paris Food
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 28 May 2012
FRANCE WEEK This week we’re booking travel (armchair or otherwise) to France. Previously, I’ve waited until Bastille Day to focus on France, but these books were so good, I just could not wait. Later, we’ll look at two specialty guidebooks and an historical mystery novel , along with some pictures from our trip to France [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Exploring San Antonio from Hotel Valencia Riverwalk – video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 13 May 2012
Hotel Valencia rises from the San Antonio Riverwalk with a shades-of-ochre facade that is distinctly Mediterranean rather than North American. This luxury San Antonio hotel takes its design inspiration from an old world Italian palazzo although the teracotta roof tiles also reminded me of the South American haciendas that I’ve visited on my travels. Inside [...]
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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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Reflections on the illusive South Congress Bridge Bats – in Austin, Texas
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 April 2012
I can’t help but thinking that there is something incongruous about being in Austin, beside the Colorado river around dusk any spring evening. Just across the Congress Bridge corporate America looms large and this being Texas I mean LARGE. But here I am with perhaps a thousand people quietly lining the bridge sitting in the [...]
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Postcard from the Texas Hill Country
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 April 2012
This is just a quick postcard to tell you what we got up to on our recent family holiday in the Texas Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin. Texas is pretty flat so the Texans are very proud of the gently rolling hill country – even though the hills are not that high, it’s [...]
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Postcard from Austin, Texas
Blog: Heather on her travels - 15 April 2012
This is a quick postcard from Austin, Texas where I’ve been on holiday with my family, to let you know what we’ve been enjoying while we’ve been in the Live Music Capital of the World (now there’s a bit of a clue). As we were in Austin over the Easter weekend, I wanted to relax [...]
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Postcard from San Antonio
Blog: Heather on her travels - 10 April 2012
This is a quick virtual postcard to tell you what we got up to in San Antonio, Texas where I’m on holiday with my family at the moment. Of course the must see attraction in San Antonio is the Alamo – it’s actually what is left of one of the several Spanish Missions in this [...]
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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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The Secret of Life? Tacos.
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 14 March 2012
Western Road Trip Destination: Southern New Mexico and El Paso, Texas Book: A Taco Testimony: Meditations on Family Food and Culture (2006) by Denise Chávez Here at A Traveler’s Library, we seem to be talking a lot about books that tell lives and culture through food. Recently I reviewed the beautiful White Truffles in Winter [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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My 5 Top Posts in 2011.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 31 December 2011
I shouldn't be surprised that food was what y'all wanted to read about in this last year -- after all, it does comprise a lot of what you see on this site as well of all of what I talk about over at Eat Arkansas. What I did figure out was that y'all love fair food, ice cream and cruises... or at least, that's what the stats say.
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Tales of Butter
Blog: My Kind of Town (& Around) - 21 December 2011
Butter man Abel GonzalesPerhaps by now you've heard about the butter crisis in Norway.
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A Texas State Fair Food Primer.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 5 October 2011
So, have you been wondering what you'll eat when you head out to the Texas State Fair, or are you just wondering what sort of strange and unusual stuff you can find there? In 10 hours, we chronicled all these edibles under the Texas Star.
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Cowboy During Cattle Drive in the Stockyards of Fort Worth, Texas
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 14 September 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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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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Traveling with a Toddler: Galveston, Day 2.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 19 August 2011
One bit of advice when you’re traveling with a toddler: they set the schedule. Sure, that’s within reason. Obviously you’re not going to let your toddler hold you up on checking out of the hotel on time or determine certain mealtimes.
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Traveling with a Toddler: Galveston, Day 1.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 17 August 2011
We made it to Galveston early in the afternoon. It was crazy hot, but the wind off the ocean made it bearable.
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Win a Getaway to San Antonio with S.A.V.E.
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 July 2011
We're giving away a getaway to San Antonio. Plus, The San Antonio Visitors Bureau has teamed up with top hotels and businesses to offer travellers a great discount on their stay and at local attractions.
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Carnival of Cities for 1 June 2011 – from Abu Dhabi to Athens
Blog: Sophie's World - 1 June 2011
Welcome! I’m happy to host this edition of the Carnival of Cities! After publishing the 18 May 2011 edition on Perceptive Travel Blog, Sheila Scarborough handed the baton to me....Carnival of Cities for 1 June 2011 – from Abu Dhabi to Athens is a post from Sophie's World
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Take her to Dallas.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 24 May 2011
Sweep your sweetheart off her feet and head for the Dallas Arts District.
