﻿{"id":7255,"date":"2013-06-01T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2013-06-07T06:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T05:16:09","slug":"welcome-to-the-us-of-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/?p=7255","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the US of A&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>spricht der ((diesmal)) aeusserst freundliche Beamte am Immigration Schalter in Houston. Und damit waren wir wieder drin, im Land der unbegrenzten Moeglichkeiten und unglaublichen Wunderlichkeiten. Die Reise begann quasi am Vortag, also dem 31.05.2013 schon irgendwie. Wir haben die Nacht durchgemacht, damit wir gegen 04:00h morgens gemuetlich Richtung Flughafen Muenchen und dem Langzeitparkplatz, auf dem wir uns fuer 57.- EUR einmieteten, einfinden konnten. Busfahrt zum Terminal 1, Modul B, Schalter British Airways, kurz durch die Security und dann heisst es warten auf den Abflug.<\/p>\n<p>Der war puenktlich um 07:20 und schon 2 h spaeter konnten wir in London Heathrow ((LHR)) umsteigen in den Direktflug nach Houston ((IAH)) zum George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Die Route wurde bewusst via London gewaehlt, da man dann die Immigration am Ankunftsort hat und nicht wie bei dem Flug nach Hawaii in Philadelphia oder einem anderen Ostkuestenflughafen. Die Immigration dauert dermassen lang, ein verpasster Anschlussflug waere suboptimal.<\/p>\n<p>Nun sind wir aber in Houston gut angekommen, konnten ohne Probleme einreisen und schnappten uns erstmal unseren Leihwagen. Statt Jeep Liberty ((mein Favourit)) wollte Madame den Kia Sportage ((mehr Komfort)) und so rollten wir mit Klimaanlage auf Hochtouren durch das 36\u00b0 heisse Houston Richtung I-10.<\/p>\n<p>Der erste Schritt aus dem Flughafen war ein Erlebnis der besonderen Art. Schwuelheisse 36\u00b0 C bei ueber 50% Luftfeuchtigkeit und kein Wind. Fuer mich ein Alptraum, fuer Madame ein Fest. Ab zur Katy Mall in Sealy. T-Shirts und Flip-Flops. Und zum ersten mal sah ich live und in Farbe einen Waffensupermarkt. Munition gibt es im Regal zum Discountpreis und die gefuehlt 200 Pistolen und Gewehre einfach so an der Theke. Fuer deutsche ((oder mitteleuropaeische allgemein)) Verhaeltnisse ein absoluter SuperGau. Hier shoppt man eben sein Mittagessen und dann noch fuer die Juengste ein HelloKitty Sturmgewehr.<\/p>\n<p>Nach der Mall weiter zu unserem Hotel fuer diesen Abend. Eine 50.- USD Absteige ((plus Tax)) in der alles ein klein wenig in die Jahre gekommen ist. Dennoch sauber und mit Klimaanlage ((wie alles in Texas)). Die etwas verschobene Sortierung der Bilder moege man entschuldigen aber die Kamera steht immer noch auf MESZ und das Handy von dem manche Bilder sind hat sich schleppend der Zeitzonen angepasst, so das die EXIF Daten ein wenig im Arsch sind. 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Und damit waren wir wieder drin, im Land der unbegrenzten Moeglichkeiten und unglaublichen Wunderlichkeiten. Die Reise begann quasi am Vortag, also dem 31.05.2013 schon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1549,26,5],"tags":[1576,1554,1219,1571,1654,1574,1577,1575,1553,1572,1578,1573,1355],"class_list":["post-7255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-ingress","category-photographie","category-touren","tag-austin","tag-enlightened","tag-google","tag-houston","tag-ingress","tag-lousiana","tag-meetup","tag-new-orleans","tag-resistance","tag-san-antonio","tag-shaper","tag-texas","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7397,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7255\/revisions\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kradblog.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}