The main reason was to visit my grandson, who was also visiting Texas and spending his first birthday there with his other grandparents.
Raiden lives in Japan with his parents, my son amd and daughter-in-law. She is from Pasadena and was visiting her parents for a couple of months. So rather then another trip to Japan we decided to fly to the USA to spend his first birthday there with him.
We flew with United airlines. All booked before the horror stories that became public knowledge in the press.
That was a mistake. Although nothing awful happened, nothing lovely occurred either. Very basic, and slap happy aircrew. Next time i would rather pay more for a relaxed happy flight.
So.... Texas.
Well we were staying in Pasadena Holiday Inn, very nice and the staff were lovely. Clean and modern. Our room was well equipped. Fridge, coffee maker and microwave.
We were taken to lots of resturants to try out Mexican food, Los Amigos, Spankies, And numerous others.
WhatABurger was the famous fast food outlet which can only be found in Texas.
I spent a lot of dollars in the 99cent shop. Wish i had another suitcase with me.
A day out at Galveston beach, and visiting Murdochs boardwalk. We stopped at Buckee's service station on the way. Much different to service stations in the UK.
For the birthday boy we celebrated at Chuck E Cheeses and had pizza and soda.
He loved it and slept for hours afterwards. I think we wore him out, with 2 grandmas, and 4 great aunts, 1 grandpa, 1 mom, and a few uncles and all wanting to spend some time with the little guy.
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