Things to do in Houston

We did quite a few cool things in Houston so far. The Houston Zoo was really cool. A lot of animals and birds that we dont' have in Calgary.

There is just something really amusing about an Orangutan with a towel on its head.

www.houstonzoo.org

We also visited the Downtown Aquarium. They had loads of amazing fish. In addition they had alligators, ray fish and sharks. There were also 2 white tigers plus they had a few rides for the kids.

We ate at the restaurant there which turned out to be really good. The food was tasty and they had a huge aquarium with fish, sharks and ray fish. It was really impressive.

www.aquariumrestaurants.com/

My Flight to Houston with 3 kids and a full plane

As fate would have it I am currently in Houston visiting in-laws. My flight from Calgary, which involved travelling with my wife and 3 kids taught me some things about traveling. The first thing is that getting the Middle seat on a full plane is not pleasant.

Second, make sure you have apps on your phone(in my case IPhone) installed before you go.

Third, have a small pack or bag of stuff that you want to keep with you on the plane in your hand bag, so you can grab the one thing and have what you need. This goes for the kids too. It was really tough to be grabbing hand bags and trying to find the stuff the kids wanted in the aisle of the plane.

I think an IPAD would be a cool tech toy to have on the plane. Its not really convenient to use a laptop because of the limited space. But an IPAD would be ideal, giving you a bigger screen than a phone and access to lots of things to do, from games to books. Unfortunately, I leave Houston like 3 days before the IPAD comes out here, so I'm out of luck for my flight home.