Hey, all. I'm back from Texas - Dallas, in case I didn't mention where I was going.

I have a cold - when we landed on Thursday, my ears didn't pop from the plane ride, and that's when I realized it was more than the pressure changes. Same thing on the trip back. So I can't hear much out of my left ear, and can hear about 75% out of my right one.

A funny moment - we had a lay-over in Atlanta on the way back, and as the plane was landing, my phone started ringing. When I checked the voice-mail, it was Hannah saying she was landing in Charlotte (N.C.). So, I called her right back to tell her I had just landed in Atlanta. Kind of funny that we both landed in airports in the South at almost the same time, and didn't know it.

The Texas trip was good - we accomplished a lot and met the people with whom we will working on this matter. Dallas is OK, but Houston and Austin were much cooler when I was there in 1998. We rented a PT Cruiser, which was a lot of fun to drive! Plus, it had exactly 6 miles on it when we picked it up - new car smell! And it cost only $15 per day! That was probably a Bear rate though...

We stayed at the Crescent Court, which is very nice, and checked out the local scene. We had trouble finding a place that wasn't empty - most were. But many bars have bar shuffleboard - so we played that for hours!

We walked by the Book Depository and the Grassy Knoll, but it was at night and I don't have any pictures...

All-in-all a fun trip, and we may be back later this year!

Hope all of you are doing well!

C
- posted by Christoph Roggenkamp @ 1/09/2006 12:00:00 PM