Dallas in a nutshell

When we arrived in Dallas we did the same thing we tend to do whenever we find a comfy bed to rest our head, sleeeeppp. It also helped that it rained for more than a day which tends to keep me on the couch watching sports, college basketball this time round.

We were slowly starting to meet all of Omar's brothers, four of them to be exact - plus one sister. Each of them with an amazing character. Ozzie and all his stories about Africa; Odi has his 6 beautiful daughters, Osi is hunting mad and has his 17 guns plus more knives, torches and everything for the outdoors; Orlando, well he is the oldest and more mature which just leaves Omar himself who is the BS'ing champion of the US and even gives me a run for my money. Not forgetting there's the sister Odilette, who doesn't need 3 sisters to match the crazy of the brothers - she has it all in one basket.

All the family was going to be up in Dallas for easter which also happened to be (according to Celia) our six month anniversary. So embarrassingly they threw a party for us on the Saturday where I was forced to display my talents on the BBQ.

All in all it was a great week spent in Dallas, we went through to Fort Worth to see cowtown and it's longhorns, Cabellas outdoor store which is pretty much like heaven is intended to be, then to the Texas Motor speedway where they were testing some Indy Cars. This is pretty exciting watching them tear around the oval track with the methane fumes rushing through your senses every time they are near. I would now love to go watch oval track racing.

The icing on the cake for Celia was a visit to Southfork Ranch where they filmed the hit TV series Dallas. Fortunately I am young enough not to have remembered being put through all of that dribble, so I just came along for the BS'ing. Turns out they never filmed any of the indoor scenes in the at house, they were all done on a set in LA, so they cheekily take you on a tour of the inside of the house which has nothing to do with the show..... It was still fun for all those interested to see the pool area and the outside shots of the house as used in the series. Celia made us pose for a couple painful pictures around the breakfast table and pool having a Dallas style cat fight. We'll let the pictures will tell the whole story.

And before I forget, we also went to downtown Dallas via all of the sports stadiums present and the ones they are building, finally stopping off where they assassinated JFK, I am too a believer in the conspiracy theories and he was indeed picked off by the Republicans who never fancied that Democratic candidate/actor too much.

It was sad to say goodbye to all the brothers and Prima Theresa, but we would catch up with Odilette and her sons again in Houston. Being around all of the Portugeezeers with their big families made me realise that a large family would be nice and not such a burden at Christmas time, so watch this space.