Texas anyone...

The_Poznan

Well folks,

Touched down in San Antonio, Texas for the year. Let us know if there are many of ye around?

As a starting point I joined the local Gaa club. Met a few heads from the Gaelic football team & Irish society...sound bunch! Heading to Heuston at wknd for a gaelic football match.

All advice/suggestions for Texan survival, networking & general socialising welcome...!

Cheers,
Poz

Stojkovic

The_Poznan wrote: »

All advice/suggestions for Texan survival

Dont piss on the Alamo.

rockonollie

The_Poznan wrote: »

All advice/suggestions for Texan survival, networking & general socialising welcome...!

Cheers,
Poz

Shade and air-con.....all you need to know

lc180

Stojkovic wrote: »

Dont piss on the Alamo.

Dont even pretend to piss on the Alamo, the secuirty/cops really don't like that, trust me....

InTheTrees

lc180 wrote: »

Dont even pretend to piss on the Alamo, the secuirty/cops really don't like that, trust me....

Dont even make a joke that refers to the alamo either.

Stojkovic

InTheTrees wrote: »

Dont even make a joke that refers to the alamo either.

Dont even think about making a joke about someone thinking of pissing on the Alamo.

The_Poznan

Sound lads...All very useful stuff there! Keep em coming

ProudDUB

Don't under estimate how huge Heuston, is and how long it will take you to get around it. It's America's 4th or 5th biggest city.

lonestargirl

Houston is a large urban area but the centre isn't to big. Where is the GAA on and what would you like to do?

athtrasna

The Saltgrass Restaurant on the Riverwalk in San Antonio is one of my favourite eateries in the world. Their ribs are to die for and they handcut the fries after you order them. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

The_Poznan

lonestargirl wrote: »

Houston is a large urban area but the centre isn't to big. Where is the GAA on and what would you like to do?

Pretty much the same layout ere in San Antonio with all that urban sprawl. Its on in some gaa pitch in Houston must find out exactly...is this where your based lonestargirl? Noting as such just like to reach out to as many as possible and who have a few sociables!

Cheers athtrasna must try out that restaurant too...bet to eat in that part of town is an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

manzana

Talking about the alamos... have you tried Alamo Drafthouse yet?
Once you get hooked at seeing movies there, there's no going back to normal theaters with just coke and pop corn as food options.

whitey1

i was at a big cookout one time at a ranch putside of SA. It wasnt a restraunt, it was more like a facility they rented out for big groups.


It was unbelievable.....food, country and western band, pickup trucks with the bed filled to the gills with cans of beer.

Definitely make it to one of these events if you can....Im sure they must hold all types of social and charity functions out there

WexTex

Well, I'm jealous. I always liked 'San Antone', even looked at all the universities there just to be there. My husband's cousin is there - Kevin Michael O'Connell, a lawyer or DA or judge. Play the tourist for a while - Hemisphere Tower, Institute of Texan Culture, Alamo, full length of Riverwalk, etc.

If you're going on a road trip, and you know I35 is going to be busy or a lot of construction, take one of the smaller roads parallel to it. Being Irish, you should have no problem even though it's one way each way. Just take the speed signs seriously in the tiny towns, even though it means you nearly need to slam on your brakes to get down to that speed that quickly.

Don't forget about Amtrak. Lovely way to travel around U.S., especially when getting over jet lag.

You may suffer from the same problem I had, but in reverse: with a map of Texas in front of you, you'll assume it's about the same size as Ireland (I mean, the map is the same size!) but it's more than 8 times bigger!

Keep telling people you are Irish and you will tire of, "Oh, my great-great grandmother was Irish, I would love to go there someday."

Enjoy!