We started off our day with one of the better breakfasts we’ve had on this trip, and not just due to it being entirely edible. The waffle maker made strawberry waffles in the shape of Texas: We had a long…
Day 96: Middle of Nowhere, Texas
We had a look around some housing in Round Rock. It was very nice, but it did look quite expensive compared to what we had seen in San Antonio. Oddly enough, the woman who showed us around was related to…
Day 95 Part 2: Austin, Texas
When we got into Austin, we headed toward lunch. This was a good move as the traffic was so horrific, it took us ages to get there. We stopped at a place called Kerbey Lane Cafe, which had been recommend…
Day 95 Part 1: Texan German in Fredericksburg
We left the Motel 6 to finally check out Fredericksburg proper. It is known for being very German, and it was. It has not one or no German restaurants like most American cities, but fourteen German restaurants and several German…
Day 91-94: Chilling Out in Fredericksburg, Texas
We decided to take some time off in a second Fredericksburg, this time in Texas rather than Virginia, due to complete exhaustion and the first Motel 6 that didn’t get horrible reviews. It actually managed to get 4 out 5…
Day 90: Into the Texas Countryside
We started out by seeing Alamo Ranch, the housing development that had been recommended to us the night before. We had been looking forward to seeing new housing in Texas for a long time. We were told in Delaware in…
Day 89: San Antonio, Texas
We headed west to San Antonio. Before having a proper look around, we decided to get some 90 minute massages when saw an offer at a Chinese massage place just after seeing these: To give them some perspective, those are…
Day 88: Houston, Texas
We headed toward Houston when we finally heard back from the social security office in Minnesota. She was actually just calling for an update. Chris informed her about the arrival of his green card and she said he needed to…
Day 87: Into Texas
We spent the whole morning in the hotel editing, blogging and swimming just because it was so nice compared to most places we’ve been recently and we wanted to spend more time in comfort and relative luxury. The breakfast was…
Day 86: Lafayette, Louisiana
As our hotel was amazing, we spent the morning there swimming, blogging and doing laundry. The staff were so friendly and lovely that a) we got a 20 dollar discount on the price for booking another night and b) they…