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Taking in DFW
YeeHaa!
With orientation under our belts, we hit the streets of Dallas.
Our first taste of adventure and culture consisted of honky tonks, baseball, and some good ole fashioned Texan hospitality. The main attraction was Dallas’ eclectic cuisine. Everything from all day brunch (Nick and Sam’s Grill), to family style mexican food (Mattito’s) kept our bellies full and taste buds wanting more. We even had pizza (Eno’s) that could easily compete with Chicago or New York.
In between meals we found ourselves on the quest for the true Texan experience, and what better a way to start than with some baseball. Warm weather, footlong hot dogs and cold beer, so far so good.
Our next adventure threw us smack dab in the middle of cowboy country, Billy Bob’s Honky Tonk. More of a theme park then anything else, Billy Bob’s has it all. Arcades, whiskey, bull riding, a gift shop and as luck would have it, Pat Green headlining as the music showcase. We closed our weekend with a little historic stop at the Sixth Floor Museum, the location where President Kennedy was assassinated. As a disclaimer, the grassy knoll is more of a grassy patch.
The folks at STA Travel gave us a great tour, and now we’re ready to make this trip international! Europe here we come!
Day 3 – STA HQ
Day of Departure
A torrential downpour washed Dallas clean on the day of our departure. It wasn’t the most comforting story to see on a a big flight day when the television discussed the Air France flight lost in the abyss of the Atlantic Ocean. But we took comfort in the odds that a similar accident of lightning striking wouldn’t happen within 48 hours of the last.
The gracious Senior Management Team at STA Travel invited us to lunch at an Italian eatery for our last home soil meal, where I sat in awe and wonder listening to these travel professionals talk about the glory of first class airport lounges and frequent flier benefits. Oh, to be knowledgeable in the best activity known to mankind. One day I aspire to be as savvy.
Throwing all our rogue papers and hardware into the bags one final time, we said goodbye to STA Travel and were bid farewell on a trip those waving conceived, funded and booked for us. And within minutes of getting to the airport we began making our lives more interesting: checked baggage weight challenges, taping ourselves hangin’ at the gate, and discussing to the world watching things like, “Lindsay just got through airport security with Chris’ boarding pass.”
At one point in our lounging state, waiting for our plane to begin boarding, I received an e-mail from Head Office informing us that our gate had changed to one far along the terminal. We booked it towards the new gate, and upon getting there were informed our new gate was actually on the other side of the airport entirely. There was some sweating, sprinting, and nail biting on my end, while I believe Chris just found the changes ridiculous.
The final gate turned out to be the second one at which we were turned away. The darn schnickel-fritz who told us wrong didn’t even act like she did anything wrong.
Eh, can’t be too upset when your ending destination is Fiji.