April 9, Houston.
Finally Houston. We were only seven hours late. Once we arrived in Texas, the train trip became a blur and so has the scenery outside the window. We arrived in San Antonio the morning after the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. The alamodome is right next to the train station.
Houston's train station is a piece of crap according to people online, and now I can confirm that. We drove through downtown, which seemed nice but a bit deserted. I saw the infamously expensive, unuseful, dangerous metrorail. And yes, it is all that.
We saw the Astros play the Cardinals. I absolutely love the Enron, I mean, Minute Maid Park. It is not much to look at from the outside,
but the stadium is gorgeous inside with a lot of details and nice gimmicks.
One drawback of having a new, expensive stadium is the price of everything inside. Unlike the previous two baseball stadiums, McAfee in Oakland and Angels Stadium in Anaheim, they do not allow food or drinks from outside. While the selections are plentiful, food and drinks are the most expensive of the three stadiums. Oh well.
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