Dallas, TX

Howdy Pardners,

We've just finished a whistle stop tour of Dallas and Fort Worth today in temoeratures exceeding 35 Celcius. Boy is it hot here! We didn't have a lot of time so went straight to the JFK Museum on the 6th Floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Those of you who did Politics with me at PGS will remember all about the grassy knoll and so on and it was genuinely fascinating to actually see it in the flesh and read up again on JFK, his legacy and grissly end.

A quick walk around also informed us that Dallas is a lot smaller that I thought. Really underwhelming actually.

From there we hit the yee haw town of Fort Worth. "The Beginning of the Wild West". We saw the old Stockyards to see some cowboys and a herd of longhorns being driven down the street (the name wasn't given to them by accident). It was a little bit touristy but good fun. BBQ Ribs for dinner completed our honky tonk day. That's it for the states for now (well until 3 days in Miami in 6 weeks). I have a few observations (apologies to our American friends:-)!):

-America is very loud
-Waiters take your plate the second (literally the second) you finish. So annoying.
-Food is the main driver for the economy. Food shops and restaurants are EVERYWHERE. We think they should do more to subsidise gyms so everyone can consume even more!
-Lots of public spitting.Gross
-San Francisco is really expensive
-So many freaks, weirdos and homeless people, especially in SF. Lack of social care the reason perhaps?!
-Tipping culture - don't even get me started on that...

However, those are only small quibbles really. It's beautiful and fascinating. American people are generally very friendly and helpful and we've had a great time from North to South, East to West.

Mexico tomorrow. They have no problems at all...

M&B