"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote in message
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MC wrote:

Firstly, thanks to those who answered my previous post, re. Finding a
hotel
in Houston. I went on priceline.com and got 7 nights at the 4* Inn at
the
Ballpark for $60 pn.

Anyway a couple of quick questions.

1. Is it easy to get to NASA via public transport. If we were to get a
taxi rather than a bus (or whatever) what would the fare be,
approximately.

No, at least not that I am aware of. I Left Houston 10 years ago but I
still visit there a couple times a year to see family and friends.
Houston
is HORRIBLE when it comes to public transport. Most Houstonians perfer to
drive a car - even if they are the only occupant. The Gulf Freeway which
you will need to travel on to get to NASA can get VERY congested so be
prepared for slow traffic and traffic jams. In my opinion Houston is a
TERRIBLE city built on mosquito infested swamp land and was part of a land
deal rip off by the Allen Brothers years ago. Why on earth would you want
to visit there? It is hot and EXTREMELY HUMID and summer is NOT the best
time to visit there. There are only two saving graces about Houston.
Houston has some of the best food and the most beautiful women to be found
anywhere.

2. We are thinking about going to see the Astros at the Minute Maid
(when
in
Rome...). Now we have never seen a baseball game and had no idea of the
rules (sorry, but I am British ) until I read a brief rundown of the
rules this evening.
My question is this:
Approximately, how long does a game last and will it be easy to pick up
what's going on?

Games depend on how many innings are played. Most games end in 9 innings
so
it should last several hours. To me it is extremely boring - sort of like
watching grass grow. Since you are in the area, I would suggest you visit
Galveston. The Boardwalk in Kemah (near Galveston) is also sort of nice
with arcade games and other amusements and a very good selection of
restaurants. It too, can get quite crowded. If you really want to get a
flavour of Texas, visit the hill country around and near Austin -
especially the Fredricksburg, San Saba and Llano area.


Thanks in advance for any feedback to my questions.

MC

I have to agree with everything Paul has said. We visited our son and
daughter-in-law in Houston for a week or so in April, 2003. It certainly
isn't the place to visit for a holiday. We went solely to see our family.

Very hard to get around with out a car - but for us Aussies who drive on the
other side of the road - I wouldn't attempt to drive on your freeways.

We used a small company with a minibus a couple of times to take us to see
NASA one day and to see City of Houston and then on to San Jacinto. Sorry
can't remember the name but there must be many of them to choose from.

Julie
Melbourne, Australia