Texas!
So, I haven’t quite mustered up enough energy to get back in the kitchen with a purpose. I am choosing to cook quick, easy meals because I am so tired still! I didn’t even go half way across the world like Uru from Go Bake Yourself, but driving to and from Texas has finally taken its toll! I am impressed with Uru for actually baking and then posting it too!
Today, I decided to just share some vacation photos from my trip with you. There is no recipe today! It was an awesome trip and we had so much fun with family and friends. Everyone was so kind and fed us constantly. I think I put on 10 pounds!
We drove down to Fort Worth where my cousins live and spent a couple of days there. We chose to go to Texas in the winter for tolerable weather conditions, but oh my! Fort Worth was freezing! I don’t think the temperature went past 41℉ (5℃) the entire time we were there. Our outdoor trips were considerably shortened!
Fort Worth Stockyards with prized Texas Longhorns
More Texas Longhorns
Laith going through the maze at the Stockyards.
a very cool dining and shopping area at the Stockyards
a very nice ranch hand/wrangler with his horse
After the Stockyards, my cousins treated us to a delicious lunch at an Italian restaurant called Fortuna in Fort Worth. Here’s our lunch:
Eggplant parmigiana for me
spinach and cheese ravioli for Maryam
Fortuna chicken salad for Haala
After lunch, it was a short trip to see the Fort Worth Water Gardens, what an awesome place to hang out. I can totally see coming down for lunch and sitting under the trees and listening to the water.
a very cool fountain where you can walk all the way down to the pool area
a fountain made to resemble water dancing on a mirror
We spent a short time at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens because it was so cold!
I couldn’t resist photographing the beautiful archway
another beautiful spot at the Gardens.
After Fort Worth we headed down to Houston. On our first night, my wonderful friends all got together with a potluck for us. It was so nice to see them again after so long. I only got two shots of the many dishes there:
Ruby’s famous biryani…delicious!
Melihate’s amazing burek. I can eat that whole tray!
In Houston at my aunt’s place:
My brother, Ali, thoroughly enjoying my aunt’s dessert. I don’t blame him, it was delicious!
Here’s me with my gorgeous cousins! They make me laugh and keep me young.
After leaving Houston and my family, reluctantly, we headed across to San Antonio to see my father in law. The children wanted to see The Alamo again since the first time we went they were so little. It’s a cool place but a little sad at the same time. I think all historic sites are because of the events that took place. The gardens and the courtyard at The Alamo are beautiful. It was nice to see greenery after all the gray in Colorado!
Texas freedom
Loved this window on one of the buildings in the courtyard.
This concluded our visit to Texas! We ate at some great places on the trip. I wasn’t able to take pictures of everything but I did Instagram a lot. Check out my Instagram photos (CoffeeCrumpets) from the Thai place in Fort Worth and Rudy’s BBQ in San Antonio, and let’s not forget In n Out Burger!!
Thank you for allowing me to share my vacation with you! I will be back in the kitchen very soon…just need to get rid of this fatigue.
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