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Hi Folks!Well we left New Orleans quite gladly as we had been eaten alive by mosquitos as our room was not made properly as it was a kinda hut where some walls did not even join so the beasties got in all night and the air conditioning was pointless. It was right next to our heads aswell so now I have a cold but its getting better now!Anyhoo, we arrived in Houston, Texas and we love it! Its by far the most friendly place we have been. When we got to the hostel the woman was a bit nippy (and needs to look into what a bra is) and Craig got a row for putting his bag on a leather seat as it "Stretches the leather and it never goes back" and also they tried to put us in separate rooms and we said we didn't want that and she asked if I was insecure and if we were on honeymoon as "people like us" usually are lol, what a cheek!! After that though it was ok, the common areas were a bit minging but our room was ok it was only ever 3 of us. When we got there we were not sure what there was to do s we had a look at our trusty lonely planet guide and decided to head to the NASA Space Centre the next day. We are getting awfully good at getting around we got thee light rail and then the bus and go there no problem. It was better than we thought, really interesting and lots of things to see and do, we had the audio tour and looked like total geeks but never mind! We did a tour of the astronaut training facility and round all the exhibits and inside a mock space shuttle and they also have a huge rocket, it was so cool! Afterwards we had a wonder round the city and it was really nice, its so clean! We got back to the hostel and started the mission that is eating dinner in the states. On this particular night this included a walk to a closed restaurant at 8pm, then a walk down a scary street then waiting on a bus and then giving up and deciding on a taxi, not getting on for half an hour, getting one, the driver not having a clue, finding the street and everywhere being fast food, eventually getting a nice restaurant and only being able to afford a burger lol!!Today we got up and bolted (literally on my part) to the cinema to see The Dark Knight, Craig loves batman and I was wanting to see Heath Ledger's last film and we were not disappointed, it was amazing, his part is especially good, I wont say anymore as its not out at home yet but go see it! Wish I cold have seen it with Chloe too though so we could have one of our Heath loving chats aww! After we went to the Galleria Mall and had a look about, it was huge and we were good we just bought a lip gloss, well I did lol! We also bought this new wee nifty mini laptop thing that I am on now. The money we have spent on internet meant it worked out cheaper to just get this and also have somewhere to back up all our stuff. We got back to the hostel and the guy who works there showed us the NASA space station orbiting the earth, you can see it twice a day for 4 minutes each time, it was cool, just like a fast moving star. We then got the train to San Antonio which is where we are now, doing a 4 hour wait from 3-7aam, how fun!! Well yes in fact it is lol!!Hope everyone is well. Lots of Love Eva n Craig xxxP.S We loved the t shirt at NASA that said "It's not rocket science, no wait it is!" lol how geeky!!
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