Thursday 10 March
- Gorgeous fir trees up to the border
- Border crossing stunning. Green, clean and picturesque
- Just over the border = WTF?????? I thought
- GPS stopped working at the border. Why am I surprised?
- Drivers are RUDE!
- What is the crime rate here? If it can be judged by the gum on the footpath, we may not get out alive.
- F**k me. Our hotel = the Alamo. (There is about a zillion Mexicans staying here)
- The said Mexicans totally have over run the hotel and had there kids running through-out the halls at night. Screaming.
- I screamed back.
- Stop damned raining already!
- Crikies who said
- What the hell are those lights flashing for?
- Petrol price same as at home. Take me back to the
- Ok…what is Poutine?
- Right….I seriously love Poutine.
Friday 11 March
- Vancouver ----à Whistler
- Nancy Reagans funeral today
- Shops sell medicinal pot in
- How many street signs do Canadians need on any one road?
- I need comfort food. I need Poutine.
- North of
- More signs. Good lord. How can these be read AND have your eyes stay on the road?
- This explains why the people cannot drive here
- Is there really any point to having a speed limit?
- Cold. Frigging cold.
- Whistler quite pretty. Not what I expected…but pretty.
- What is catskiing? Or do I not want to know?
- Snow…..again.
- Had Poutine.
- Traffic congested trying to get back. Why? They have 4 lanes merging into 2 at peak hour…..in the rain…..on a Friday.
- Hail storm Canadian style. The smallest hail I have ever seen. Clouds didn’t indicate hail. Just weird.
Saturday 12 March.
- B and I sat on the bed…and the bed tipped us off. What does this say?
- Do not walk into a unisex toilet unless you want all and sundry looking at you as though you are a trannie.
- Am I a trannie?
- What is the “Roots Outlet” or don’t I wanna know?
- I need more Poutine.
- Will we ever see the sun again?
- Will we ever be warm again. Bring on
- In fact….bring on the
- Did I mention I hate
Sunday 13 March
- Vancouver ----à
- Daylight Savings began
- So why make a toilet that has the toilet paper dispenser jutting out over the loo?
- *sat sideways on a loo that has the toilet paper dispenser jutting out*
- Had the automatic toilet flush, whilst moving to get paper from the toilet paper dispenser that was jutting out over the loo (and therefore prevented me from sitting straight on the toilet!)
- Needed to get the toilet to flush again after it automatically flushed prematurely. See above.
- Failed in getting the automatic toilets to flush again to flush the paper.
- Intersections have lights going one way and stop signs facing the other. Seriously….should I really be surprised?
- The
- I don’t think they sell Poutine in the
- Seattle ----à
- Two people in the seats behind us on the plane having the strangest conversation before we departed much to my horror. It turns out they were both on their phones whilst still on the tarmac. Example:
Her: Hey! How are you?
Him: Well that’s f**ked in the head!
Her: Oh I will be back soon! I promise.
Him: Not unless her boyfriend is doing her Mother.
Her: I love you forever.
Him: F**k no!
- Finally it is hot. Stripping off layers of clothes in the airport
- 2 people + 6 suitcases + camera bag + laptop bag + handbag + tiniest train carriage = multiple bruises and potential broken limbs
- Hotel is round. I have lapped it 100 times without realising just looking for a drink machine. Doh!
- Left laptop behind.
- Houston ---à
- Oh my God…..its worse than
- These people LOVE their cows/bulls/anything with a horn
- Cow print lounges; cows heads; longhorns; pictures of cows/bulls etc. No other theme in this town
- Found another theme. The JFK assassination. I am surprised they haven’t painted bulls horns on him in all of the paraphernalia.
- So the hotel room doorway next to ours has multiple lots of toilet paper hanging from the doorway. What the hell?
- This hotel room is making me itch
- Lots of “southern” black people. They are different from the African/American ones.
- JFK memorial. Cross on the road where he was shot. The site is WAY smaller than I would have expected. Extreme sadness here. Seriously…..
- Dallas --à
- Nicer place than
- Massive road works in
- I hope there is no earthquake whilst we are stuck under one of the said overpasses.
- Cops wear cowboy hats. Seriously.
- Hotel = lovely except the loo has a glass door. You have GOT to be joking.
- Opposite the glass door in the loo, is a floor length mirror. Bloody hell. Perverts.
- Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. More horns. And no….I couldn’t cut my steak with a spoon as advertised.
- Signs advertising attorneys are EVERYWHERE (probably because this state has the death penalty). All signs have ABOGADOS on them also, which is Spanish for Attorney. Use your imagination. This is quite appropriate.
- Bail bond offices are on every corner. Cool!
Thursday 17 March
- Austin -à San Antonio
- Went through
- Hotel = nice but the walls in each lift look like they are made out of a mans scrotum. I will not describe this.
- I seriously don’t want to go in the lifts.
- Went in the lift. Stared at my feet.
- Went in the lift again. Stared at the ceiling.
- Went in the lift again. Needed to touch the wall to see if there is any texture to it. It does.
- I definitely don’t want to go in the lift again.
- River Walk is lovely. It would be nicer on a completely fine day though. Mind you it’s not raining at present. Win!
- The Texans have made the River Walk water green for St Patricks Day. It looks disgusting.
- A pterodactyl shit on my hand. My God!
- A passing lady saw the green crap on my hand and offered me a lens cleaning wipe as there is nowhere yet to wash my hands. I am forever in her debt.
- We are two Australians, in the
- Visited the
- Religious nuts have set up outside the
- Taco
- People….stop your kids from SCREAMING!
Friday 18 March
- We are SICK of driving.
- Lost my glasses as well as the laptop. Good work Donna!
- Get laptop back.
- Ok….what is “Chicken Fried Steak”?
- Found out “Chicken Fried Steak” is simply ground beef that is fried like chicken. So really…..it has nothing to do with chicken.
- Went to China Grove (as in the place that the Doobie Bros sing about) which was a bucket list thing of mine. It turns out…that I should have stayed with the image that I had always had in my head. There are no words.
- This city is HUGE
- NASA. Pretty much the same as
- Applebees for lunch. FINALLY an excellent steak.
- Went to a store called the “Hobby Lobby”. Huge mistake. Wanted to buy the whole store. Asked the checkout chick whether they have a website? Yes they do. Let’s hope they post to
- 11.30pm tonight marked the official start to the American Spring. How does that work??
- Board cruise tomorrow. Thank heavens. No more driving.
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