Our first full day on historic route 66 saw us take in all the sights that the road had to offer. Most people, of course, take the route all the way from Chicago but we had to be content with starting in the Lone Star State. There are loads of Route 66 Texas attractions to … Read more
Do you recognise the U Drop Inn? The one all lit up in neon? You’ll find it in Shamrock TX and if you have kids you might recognise it as what Ramone’s workshop was based on in the film Cars! Now, I’ve wanted to visit Route 66, specifically with our kids, since we watched … Read more
I’ll say this straight away – we loved Texas! We loved everything about it from the people to the food and even the sweltering weather. One of the reasons why we chose Dallas as our first port of call on our US trip was because of a business conference I was attending. I knew pretty … Read more
(These blog posts are way behind I know – I’m determined record this amazing trip before I forget all the little details!) It seems we were pretty set on enjoying ALL that there is that is traditional American culture on this trip! Before we left the big city and started exploring the littler towns in … Read more
We had a great time in Dallas, our very first taste of the USA. One of our favourite things we experienced was the drive in movies – something we don’t have back in the UK! Discovering Dallas One of the selling points I gave James and the kids when I was proposing a trip to … Read more
As I may have mentioned a few times, this was our first trip to the USA and coming from the UK where we don’t have too many skyscraper skylines, we were pretty excited to see it while in Dallas which is a pretty big city. Every time I saw pictures and videos of the city … Read more
As soon as we knew we were landing in Dallas we knew we had to learn more about President Kennedy and his assassination which happened in downtown Dallas. We were excited to learn that there was a JFK Museum in Dallas called the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza which had loads of information about the … Read more