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Imagine if you will, you are walking from ATM to shop entrance,
a young woman and her infant are heading toward the self same
door, her smile is disarming and alarming! Does she know me? I
don’t think so. Thus I check to see if: But sister assures me it is known as a friendly place. OK when I eventually open my mouth to utter communication, the usual questions follow about where I’m from, always to interested titters, but the conveyor belt of perpetual politeness has to be experienced, to be believed. As for the heat of the last few days, it’s back to Fuerteventura style clothes, although this is no sun baked state, more a locale suited to hothouse flowers. The other day, when walking round the architecturally attractive courthouse in Fort Worth, (Courthouses I’m told denote a town’s centre) after 30 minutes or so I was in danger of dissolving; and this from one who normally loves the heat. So be aware.
Still a little time left and JFK Museum is to be visited,
having already been to the Botanic Gardens, which unfortunately
were recovering from storm damage, when another storm hit! One tip to intending travellers, if you are in Texas or I believe in Louisiana, and you purchase goods, you may be entitled to approximately seventy percent tax back. It was only the guy in the shop who informed us or I would not have known anything about it. Check out their website for more information at www.TaxFreeTexas.com don’t miss out on this one! Incidentally, I believe the UK has a similar system for VAT? If you ain’t British… During this last weekend sister and I are going to Carlton, a suburb of Dallas, to meet the daughter of a Venezuelan friend I have made on the rock…effectively I am Postman Pat, but it will be nice to meet her and of course see another part of this America, it sure is becoming a small world.
And almost finally, dear reader, I suggested that this 3rd
Nervous Traveller would be the last in the current series, not
so. You may have noticed a lack of photos well I am going to
stick them all together for next week when I return to the
rock. Hopefully you will enjoy the skylines as well as my bye
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