Residence Inn By Marriott Dallas Park Central

After a 12 hour drive, my longest push the whole trip, I arrived in Dallas. I found John and Patty's house, and although it was late, they were both up and waiting for me. Patty and John are old acting friends of my dad. When I was a kid in Los Angeles, we would visit them at there house. These were special visits. John was, and still is, a puppet maker and puppeteer. Some of my ...

Our first stop was to see Tommy (brother) and Debbie (sister) at their house in Dallas. First thing we did was drop off my dry cleaning at my usual spot in The Colony, it is so much cheaper than anywhere in Austin. Afterwards we met Tommy and Debbie at Stonebriar Mall in Frisco to see the New Moon movie. Boy that was a snooze fest, I tried to ...

... is a very nice and beautiful garden. I am enjoying the beauty and wonders of the outdoors. Children can enjoy a lot there as there were beautiful arrangements of playing and fun in this garden. Third day I went to see the Dallas city famous for our museum thus I walked at The sixth floor museum as well Dallas museum of art, first museum I stayed at there ...

Packing for a one-month trip overseas in generally one climate came quite easy after having to utilize the same packing gear for a trip 6x as long and with many varied climates earlier this year. With my 70-liter pack and a daypack fully loaded, and with two suitcases full of food, clothing and the like requested by my friends at ACA in India in tow, I was ready to head off to Bangalore via London!

... you back to Dublin in 45 minutes or for $50 a 7 hour cruise on the Irish Sea. I picked the cruise, after all that travel on land I thought a day at sea would be nice. On board the ship they have dinner for $15 and drink specials, fun!

Sleeping, eating, and getting around locally is important as well, but that's for my next blog!!
See ya later

... brother Jim and his girlfriend Lela came over for dinner and a little Monoply. We played again on Wednesday night at Jim's house with my nieces. Bailey really wanted to play after winning the greatest game of Monopoly last summer when we traveled to Maine. But, I was on my game and won this time.

Du Doo Du Doo...this will only make sense to those of you who are old enough to remember the 80's TV series 'Dallas' you know 'Who shot JR? ..S'wellin's husband...Bobby in the shower... etc etc Well anyway the opening sequence was aerial shots of the skyscrapers down town and this was one of the things we'd remembered and wanted to see for ourselves. You can actually tour South Fork Ranch but we passed on ...

... month trip, check out our FAQ Entry and Random Items and Facts Entry! Today, Layton and Jana ...

American Airlines nearly ruins my trip....my original flight which was supposed to leave at 10:10am never leaves the ground....at 11:45am...AA has another flight bound for Tokyo and because I have carry-on luggage only, I'm allowed to board the flight and make it to Tokyo with 40 minutes to change planes and airlines ( Japan Air, they rock!!) . American Airlines...never again you *******s.

... share that trying to explain what it is they do that makes their trips so special is like trying to explain my emotions about Petra: you must experience it to understand it. Simply, the access, expertise, and personal attention they provide is simply over the top. The log will identify numerous examples, but just a few would be the following. We never waited either leaving or entering any airport: immigration and customs are ...