Today was another beautiful sunny day. most of the day no clouds were to see but around 4 we had a few clouds that covered up the sunset. Temps were about 26C high.

brazoria National Wildlife Refuge in Brazoria County, TX, just west of Galveston Island

Our Next stop was at Surfside beach
http://www.surfsidetx.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_Beach,_Texas

On our way back to Houston we drove past the statue of Stephen F. Austin in Angleton. He was known as the father of Texas .

Touring downtown Houston skyline district, the historical district and the theater district

Beer at Mollys irish pub
Dinner at Cabo at 419 Travis Street.

Surrounded by zanates - Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Wine with Yvonne and Johan in my room, Cin also stopped by

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This morning it was only +8C degrees warm. Not a cloud to spot at the sky though. The maximum of the day reached +25C and no clouds.

lunch with ?

after work
long chat with cin in the hotel garden
at sketchers with staale, then tried memorial city mall

target - christmas gifts and groceries

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Today was another beautiful sunny day. Mainly there were not many clouds to see but around 4 we had a few clouds that covered up the sunset. Temps were about 26C high.

I had my first trip downtown to Houston today. A colleague took me to Sams club, that is a similar concept to the Norwegian Smart Club. After this we drove around downtown. Sergio showed me the theater district, the aquarium, the Toyota centre area, the skyline and the clubbing areas.
It was very nice to finally see the downtown area after having been here for almost 4 weeks already. The tour was over at 9pm and I was so tired after a long day that I just went off to sleep directly.

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This morning it was only +7C degrees warm and cold wind did not help. Not a cloud to spot at the sky though. At 1pm temps had rised till +20C and it was all nice and warm again. No clouds. A high of 24 expected in the afternoon.

Staale and Haavard came to pick me up this morning. From the alarm rang to we were on the road, I used less than 9 minutes :D Im a bit impressed by myself. :D I do showers at night though. What I did have time for was to get dressed, pack my bag and sweep the dining area and pick up food I brought for breakfast.

We had a North America Application Management phone meeting today at 11am and when that was over, Richard took me out for lunch to a typical Texan BBQ place called Blakes BBQ and Burgers.
Food was great and its good to get to know Richard a bit too as I am working for him to help him with the information that I am gathering and helping him so that my department will take the responsibility for the applications that belong to our portfolios.

In the afternoon I had a workmeeting with Richard to get more info about my work.

I walked home. Temps are getting better again and as I got home I started working on CS stuff. I did so till 7pm and I went out for a walk to Krogers. I met Yvonne and Johan (the Norwegians that also live in the hotel) and Cin and Jim that were sitting outside. Half freezing from the temps, but laughing and having fun.
I joined them for a while but when the others wanted to go in to catch the warmth, Cin joined me to Krogers. A trip that proved to be good as I finally found the right pumpkin carving equipment that Ive been looking for for sooooo long !!!! A big spoon with sharp toothed edges on 2 sides !! Wonderful. Finally I got one. A lady at work also got me this kind of a saw knife for pumpkin carving.

I stayed up working with Marco when I got home. The wonders of internet and communication via chat. I got to bed way late. Gonna be tired for work tomorrow

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A coldfront from the north has come in overnight and with a cold, strong, wind the +7C the meter showed, felt a lot colder. Although it was sunny and in places with no wind it was warm enough to sit still outside, the maximum temperature did not reach +20C (67F).
As for an example the wind speed was 42 km/h.

I was up early and decided to walk for work. I packed and prepared and went for breakfast at the dining area. GOSH. It was soooo cold. I had to immediately go in for my cotton jacket.
I picked up breakfast and lunch and went outside. It blew even more. I realized there was no way I was gonna be able to not freeze if I only had my jacket on. I went in for the down vest as well. Im glad I did. It was way cold. Fortunately it was enough clothes as I started to walk. It was a great walk though. The sun doesnt get up until 7:45 these days, but I try to get in before 7:30 every day. Gives me more daylight in the afternoon.

For dinner we had baked potatoes and some meat sauce at the hotel. It was great. i had too much of it though.

Cin came over to visit me and watch pictures, listen to music and learn about Norway. I showed her pictures of my family and of the northern lights (aurora borealis) and played music.
She was amazed by those pictures and we had a very nice time.

I ended the night responding emails and updating blog. Was in bed by 11pm.

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