We spot our first Buc-ee’s. 🦫
16 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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,Читать далее
Buc-ee’s brisket 🥩🔥
16 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofЧитать далее
We are in Huston, Texas!
16 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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 bigЧитать далее
The Space Center Houston 🚀🛰️
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
The main attraction: the space toilet 🚽
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
The Saturn V and Space Shuttle Tour🚀🌕
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 ApolloЧитать далее
Freeze-dried ice cream🍨
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 aЧитать далее
A free car wash 🚗💦
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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’sЧитать далее
The street art of Houston🎨
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 revitalizeЧитать далее
No, we weren’t arrested!🚓
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
Houston: the biggest city in Texas!
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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., especiallyЧитать далее
Weed for animals
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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-ColaЧитать далее
The Trump burger: not the usual fast food!
17 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 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 TowerЧитать далее
New Buc-ee’s, new high-calorie menu ☕🍩
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 withЧитать далее
Arriving in Dallas!
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 frontЧитать далее
Walking among the skyscrapers of Dallas
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее
Fort Worth: like being in the Wild West 🤠
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
The symbolic animal of Texas: the Longhorn🐂
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 TexasЧитать далее
The John Wayne museum
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 isЧитать далее
The biggest honky tonk in the world!
18 августа 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 atЧитать далее