Day 18 - La Porte, TX - New Orleans, LA
If you only see one Space Centre on your trip to the USA, it should probably be the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. So said one of the two Aussies seated with us on the guided tour of the Johnson Space Centre outside Houston, and as the day wore on it seemed that he might have been on to something.
That said, the Johnson Centre was interesting, even if only for the guided tour of the actual Mission Control room used for the Apollo Program. However, much of the rest of it seemed to be geared towards young children.
But then, we are in fact planning to see the Kennedy Centre so I wasn't too disappointed. (And let's face it, at the age of 8 I probably would have loved most of the kids' activities in this place.)
Later, we crossed the border from Texas into Louisiana and I immediately noticed a change in the attitude of the staff in restaurants, petrol stations and souvenier stands. In Texas, staff were invariably polite and friendly; (and sometimes became even more so when "So, y'all from England?" was answered with "No mate, Australia.")
East of the border, however, there seems to be (so far at least) a vibe that we customers are intruding on valuable gossiping or coffee drinking time, and our money is taken from us in return for supplied goods with a surly attitude and a bare minimum of interaction.
On a totally unrelated note, Louisiana was originally settled by the French.
That said, the Johnson Centre was interesting, even if only for the guided tour of the actual Mission Control room used for the Apollo Program. However, much of the rest of it seemed to be geared towards young children.
But then, we are in fact planning to see the Kennedy Centre so I wasn't too disappointed. (And let's face it, at the age of 8 I probably would have loved most of the kids' activities in this place.)
Later, we crossed the border from Texas into Louisiana and I immediately noticed a change in the attitude of the staff in restaurants, petrol stations and souvenier stands. In Texas, staff were invariably polite and friendly; (and sometimes became even more so when "So, y'all from England?" was answered with "No mate, Australia.")
East of the border, however, there seems to be (so far at least) a vibe that we customers are intruding on valuable gossiping or coffee drinking time, and our money is taken from us in return for supplied goods with a surly attitude and a bare minimum of interaction.
On a totally unrelated note, Louisiana was originally settled by the French.
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