We spot our first Buc-ee’s. 🦫
16 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Just outside Houston, in Baytown, we spot our first Buc-ee’s. It’s a gas station chain which operates many gas stations mainly in Texas.
Outside, there are 100 (yes, 100) gas pumps. Once inside,Leer más
Buc-ee’s brisket 🥩🔥
16 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
We try the famous Buc-ee’s brisket. Simply delicious.
Brisket is a cut of beef taken from the cow’s chest. It’s usually smoked, braised, and then slow-cooked. Every time a piece comes out ofLeer más
We are in Huston, Texas!
16 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We’re in Houston, Texas, and we’re welcomed by a man on horseback in the middle of the street! 🐎🤠
Non solo fast food!
16 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
To escape the summer heat, after dinner we decide to try an ice cream shop.
We’re surprised by the quality, it was really good, and very similar to Italian ice cream.
Houston, however, has a bigLeer más
The Space Center Houston 🚀🛰️
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
If you visit Houston, a stop at the Space Center Houston is a must.
It’s located about half an hour from the city and is very large, packed with models, explanations, and simulators.
Inside the Space Center Houston!
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
The museum is really beautiful, interesting, and interactive.
There are many vehicles and spacesuits, as well as various photos, videos, and moon landing memorabilia.
What’s curious is that theLeer más
The main attraction: the space toilet 🚽
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Inside the museum there is an area that shows the life of astronauts aboard the International Space Station in zero gravity.
There are examples of the freeze-dried food eaten by both Russian andLeer más
The Saturn V and Space Shuttle Tour🚀🌕
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
At regular intervals, a shuttle departs from the museum to show the outdoor areas and takes you to a huge hangar housing the Saturn V.
The Saturn V was the historic rocket used for the ApolloLeer más
Freeze-dried ice cream🍨
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Inside the museum there is a shop where you can buy various gadgets — all incredibly expensive!
Among the gadgets, there is freeze-dried ice cream eaten by astronauts in the space.
It’s aLeer más
A free car wash 🚗💦
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
In Houston, we were offered a free car wash at a brand-new, fully automated car wash.
The most curious thing is that while you’re in the wash tunnel, images are projected onto the car’sLeer más
The street art of Houston🎨
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Houston is famous for its huge, colorful murals, symbolizing the city’s vibrant atmosphere and local culture.
Many organizations fund these works to promote culture and to enhance and revitalizeLeer más
No, we weren’t arrested!🚓
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
In downtown Houston, at the headquarters of the police, there’s a museum dedicated to the city’s police force.
Weapons, uniforms, motorcycles, and even a helicopter, all telling the story of theLeer más
Houston: the biggest city in Texas!
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Even though the capital is Austin, Houston is the largest and most populous city, home to over 2.5 million people. The city is also one of the most important economic centers in the U.S., especiallyLeer más
Weed for animals
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
In a store in Houston, we saw cannabis for pets for the first time, an interesting business idea!
Houston combo: Whataburger, Chipotle, In-N-Out
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Texas is famous for its local fast-food chains, so we had to try them all!
- Starting with Whataburger. Honestly a bit disappointing, nothing more, nothing less than a McDonald’s. But the Coca-ColaLeer más
The Trump burger: not the usual fast food!
17 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Houston is home to the only Trump Burger in the world, a Trump-themed fast food.
At the entrance, banners support Trump, and the menu features burgers like the “Ivanka Grilled” or “Trump TowerLeer más
New Buc-ee’s, new high-calorie menu ☕🍩
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Breakfast at Buc-ee’s has become part of our travel routine.
What’s better than starting the day with a medium coffee (which is an extra-large in Europe) and a glazed cinnamon roll topped withLeer más
Arriving in Dallas!
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
We arrive in Dallas, the 3rd-largest city in Texas by population (after Houston and San Antonio), famous above all for being the city where John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated.
The American Airlines Center of Dallas
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
The American Airlines Center is a modern and iconic arena hosting the basketball games of the Dallas Mavericks and the hockey games of the Dallas Stars, as well as concerts and live events.
In frontLeer más
Walking among the skyscrapers of Dallas
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
Like other Texan cities, Dallas is full of glass-and-steel skyscrapers towering over the downtown streets. Despite the scorching heat, we take a walk through the city center.
The site of Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
From the 6th floor of the building, on November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy.
After his death, Lyndon Johnson became president, whose library/museum we would visit in Austin aLeer más
Fort Worth: like being in the Wild West 🤠
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
The city of Dallas borders Fort Worth, but the downtown areas of the two cities couldn’t be more different.
We step into downtown Fort Worth and it feels like jumping back in time. Hat shops, cows,Leer más
The symbolic animal of Texas: the Longhorn🐂
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
A short distance from the parking lot is the Fort Worth Livestock Market, the historic cattle market where Far West ranchers used to bring their animals to be sold.
In front of it we see a TexasLeer más
The John Wayne museum
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
In Fort Worth, on a street parallel to the Livestock Market, there’s a small museum dedicated to John Wayne, the legendary American actor from the early 1900s who is an icon of Western cinema.
He isLeer más
The biggest honky tonk in the world!
18 de agosto de 2025, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
We visit the largest honky-tonk in the world. It’s a typical Southern U.S. saloon/bar where live music is played, and people can dance, eat and drink.
The place is really HUGE, but that day atLeer más