Houston and Galveston, Texas

Here we are in Houston with our wonderful friends Jamie and Gary. As a surprise for us they took us to a local theatre, the Alley Theatre, to see a play called Born Yesterday performed by local actors. It was hilarious, and the quality of the production was every bit as good as you will see in our top theatres at home.

We have been to Houston before so we had already seen the main attraction here, the Houston Space Centre. So on Tuesday we all drove down to Galveston to see what that port city is like. The photos tell the story.

Photo 1: Gary and Phil at the Railroad Museum in Galveston. It contains many trains and carriages from the 19^th century. See how Phil’s shirt has shrunk while on holidays J

Photo 2: One of Galveston’s older buildings. Fortunately many survived Hurricane Ike which devastated the city in 2008.

Photo 3: The Bishop’s Palace built in 1892.

Photo 4: Moody Mansion built in 1895.

Photo 5: Galveston Fun Pier. There used to be a hotel at the end of the pier but it was effectively destroyed by Ike.

Photo 6: The Hotel Galvaz. Classy joint.