One day trip to the Houston Zoo

Sunny weather is perfect for a trip to the zoo! If you are coming by car, it is very, very recommended to come early! Otherwise parking is really hard to find! We arrived at around 12 o 'clock and drove around many times without any parking space. Finally, we found a tram charging space in Hermann Park H parking lot, which is just for charging and parking, and it is also very close to the main gate of the zoo.

Tickets can be booked in advance on the official website, floating ticket prices (weekday or afternoon entry will be cheaper), but it seems that you can also scan the QR code at the gate to buy tickets, the average adult ticket is about 30-40 people, after the completion of the purchase of tickets to enter the park to show the e-ticket in the mailbox or printed paper tickets are ok

Then there are all kinds of animals. Here you can see many small animals that cannot be seen in China, such as purple antelope, ducks, bald eagles... The weather is really good! If you eat, there is a cypress restaurant in the central area, which is full of hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and soft drinks, the price is moderate, there are also snack bars such as ice cream on the street, if you are not used to eating, you can bring your own food.

The aquarium in downtown Houston

In addition to "touch the fish" also saw the big tiger, took the underwater small train, you can see the experience of sharks is too novel

The total area of the aquarium is not large, there are three floors indoors, the first floor is a variety of Marine life and reptiles, although it is the weekend, but the flow of people ok, the light ok, the place is also a lot of! You can also see a chubby tiger, there are places to interact with the devil fish, the devil fish is very close, slippery good touch!

The second floor is the restaurant, the dishes are generally average, the highlight is that there will be fish swimming around on the wall, in addition, the restaurant has a bar, but cocktails are not recommended! Missus is too sweet

Outside there are small trains, Ferris wheels, jumpers, carousels. The lines for the rides don't last long, so it's worth it! Small train must play oh, the whole will be explained, the shark tunnel is very beautiful and interesting, you can see the shark swimming in the head ~ Ferris wheel is also super out of the film

The price is reasonable, you can go directly to the official website to buy all day pass, all the facilities to play. Parking valet18 self-service 15.

The area is not large but the projects are very interesting, is a good place for walking children dating, 2-3 hours can be finished, do not have to walk a lot of roads, wear small high heels to take pictures can also hold.


The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is a surprise

Surprise one: A wealth of work. Oh, my God. Three buildings. That's something the city in California, where I live, can't do.
Surprise 2: Take the opportunity to exchange and appreciate art works with children, which is a good parent-child communication, while improving children's appreciation ability, help children to improve artistic accomplishment.

Fortunately, I have been in San Diego art museum guided by the guide to taste art works, so I am not a complete white. Therefore, I am willing to take the opportunity to share with my children what I have learned. Surprise three: Other places are too hot, here a stroll is half a day. The enjoyment of beauty.

Surprise Four: I now believe that ai can drive development and become part of human civilization, but it cannot replace human civilization. Seeing these works, even if it is a corner of human civilization, is not the power of science and technology, but just the art of ingenuity, feeling the collision of artificial perfection and defects, is the most interesting treasure.

Hermann Park
I took advantage of the good weather to brunch again at Hermann Park over the weekend

Parking is limited to three hours from Monday to Saturday, and on Sundays, there is plenty of parking. There are many walking children and dogs in the park, you can also row a boat, there is a corner of a huge number of people in line to think that they are buying something, a closer look at the original line up to take a small train this business is not too good in the middle of the park there is a Japanese garden

All kinds of people playing ball, picnicking, rolling, lying on the lawn on the weekend, the park also has many ducks (or geese?) who are not afraid of people. Will run to you to eat although it is written to prohibit feeding, but still many people feed, so the ducks in the water happy to swim to me ashore, but I have no food.

Every weekend wondering what else to do in Houston on the weekends besides eat and get out of the house when it's not too hot or cold, any good advice for you guys