Houston, Taiwanese summer camp, sushi, zoo...
The daughter had to be in Houston for a FASCA summer camp at the Taipei Culture Office.
The program was a bit stressful to her, the other kids were fluent, she's only had one year of Chinese. Her "leadership" class resulted with her doing a bunch of following the other kids since she didn't understand most of what was being said. I dropped her off early each morning and picked her up late each night. She was exhausted by the time the program was complete, and happy to be done with certificate in hand.
The boys and I spent our days exploring Houston.
Pro tip: either secure an EZ-Tag BEFORE you drive in Houston, or set your GPS to avoid toll roads BEFORE you get there.
I almost had to force the boys to go to the zoo. They were glad I did, it was really nice.
Albino gator!
We enjoyed exploring the "Museum District".
And we ate food...
I'd never had Indian breakfast before. We really liked Pondicheri
Ethnic foods are what Houston seems to do really well. #1 son noticed the abundance of sushi places. The daughter doesn't care for sushi but she was at camp. I struck a deal with #1 son, we can eat sushi for every meal, but you have to eat all that you order. and so we came to eat huge sushi meals, three in a row (not counting breakfast)
We ate it all... Kata Robata was our favorite and Sushi Wabi was our second favorite (and very inexpensive during HH).
even had room for mochi...
I requested Mexican for our last meal. Pico's was a really nice restaurant. They took good care of us.
We came home and met Kat at Hula Hut. It's literally down the street from our home, and between home and Kat's office. It's good to stop in once and a while since we drive by daily.