Our trip to the Texas State Fair in Dallas was really an excuse to see our dear friends from Norway Matt and Kathryn. For those that aren't following along- they are Americans we meet our first year. He was studying at the local university and she taught school with me. They happened to live about 2 minutes away from us so we spent quite bit of time with them (mostly playing cards and eating pizza). They left Norway to return to Minnesota after a year and we have been planning our reunion ever since.
We picked Matt and Kathryn up at noon on Friday. We bummed around and ended up at the Southern Methodist University campus to wander through the beautiful old buildings. Then we showed Matt and Kathryn what real Tex-Mex was at Chuy's - margaritas, chips, queso and delicious food.
SMU campus - learning about it from the smart phone
Our night ended with our tradition of a few rounds of Pinochle
Bright and early Saturday we headed to the Texas State Fair! It was a beautiful sunny day and we were excited to see the sights and eat all the fried foods.
These pictures started nice enough but ended in serious giggles. It was an amazing weekend with some great friends. We look forward to another fun weekend in the future. The Texas State Fair was pretty good too.
First up on the fried food extravaganza- fried Texas caviar (or black eyed peas)
Us with Big Tex- he talks!
Next we headed to the livestock barns to see some animals- only in Texas are the sheep dressed in camo
Texas Longhorns- fact of the day- female Longhorns have horns too!
Beautiful brown cows were the cows showing this day- I got to pet one
Then it was off to the kids petting zoo- that's a water buffalo with the sweetest face
Next came lunch which started with the original Corny Dog and ended with dessert of fried Oreos and fried Snickers
After wandering the car show and some other areas we headed to try what we heard was the best fried thing at the fair- fried waffle covered chocolate covered strawberries
Do you think we liked them?
No trip to the Fair come complete without a ride on the Texas Star Ferris wheel - the biggest in the US
The picture before it starting moving and Kathryn wanted to throw up
Our day ended with some Fried Frito Pie and a Funnel Cake and a silly picture
We headed back to the hotel for some college football, cards and pizza. Nothing could have been better.
These pictures started nice enough but ended in serious giggles. It was an amazing weekend with some great friends. We look forward to another fun weekend in the future. The Texas State Fair was pretty good too. 
4 comments:
How fun! I am in love with your sandals, and the fried food looks amazing. Glad you were able to meet up with Matt and Kathryn too!
I didn't know you guys played pinochle! We do too! Should have busted it out when you came for dinner in Paris!
B- I got the sandals with you in Albany at DSW so you did help pick them out!
P- we LOVE pinochle (though I never learned to play before Norway). Are you guys partners or do you play against each other? We play against each other (boys v. girls usually).
We usually are partners. But lately, our luck STINKS. Brian will have to "save" me but he won't even have a marriage so he can't. Do you guys play that way? We play by Besancon house rules. We love it! I wonder if you'll even see this comment since I didn't respond until a month later!
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