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Travel Blogs from Houston

My wife was training on ostomy/wound nursing

A travel blog entry by c.i.222

I visited my wife and her friend when they spent about a month training in ostomy/wound nursing skills in Houston, because it's been awhile since my visit to that city, and I also wanted to visit New Orleans during the same trip.

While in Houston, I was able to visit the Remington Museum, Johnson Space Center, and New Orleans. My wife and …

OFS-1

A travel blog entry by kylegdavis

OFS-1 in Houston... pretty cool. I stayed with KT for a couple days. Just a week before, I had my Tonsils removed, not cool. We partied - then I had my Medical Check-up. Manitory. I am alive. Moved to the Mariot down the street from KT. Learned about how important it was to be a good employee of SLB - Motivated (but know realize the BS). Received a …

Not much to write about...

A travel blog entry by pkumar01

My only reason to come to Houston was to visit the NASA space center. Frankly, it was unimpressive at best.
Houston downtown looked very busy, huge and un-inviting and I felt very tired at the same time. So I decided not to do anything else in Houston. I checked into a motel close to NASA and crashed.

Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Bayou country in Louisiana. My destinations are going to be Lafayette, Avery Island, New Orleans and anywhere else that looks ...

Vom „Old Europe“ in die Neue Welt

A travel blog entry by haeschendoktor

Nach elfeinhalb Stunden Flug und mindestens dreieinhalb Spielfilmen, zwei Musikalben, gef�hlten 10.000 kcal an (schlechter) Nahrungszufuhr und gut durchgefroren (daher auch ohne Schlaf - Dank an United Airlines hierf�r!), sind wir Ortszeit 18:30 h endlich in Houston, Texas gelandet. Das Gep�ck war sogar schneller da als die Einreiseformalit�ten gedauert haben…
Der „nette“ Officer an der Immigration hat uns gleich mal belehrt, dass wir pro Person ...

Cancelled flight and problem solving

A travel blog entry by ahartry

The trip did not begin well. We were still driving along Mt. Diablo Blvd. towards the freeway when we received a call from United. Our 6:30pm departure was delayed until 10:45pm. We were scheduled to arrive Austin after 3am. Yoiks. We decided to continue on to the airport before, of course, sometimes they can find a new plane and leave earlier than planned. Despite the pouring rain, the delay was due to aircraft maintenance.

But then, along the Bay Bridge, ...