https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/america/ Recent content in America on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:08:00 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2011/02/13/recapping-the-road-trip/ Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:08:00 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2011/02/13/recapping-the-road-trip/ <p><a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/houston1.png"><img alt="houston1" loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/houston1.png"></a></p> <p>I finally went on <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2011/01/06/on-turning-thirty/">that road trip</a>. I packed my bags, booked my flights and went on a jaunt to America. America for me was two cities - a flying stop in Chicago and a couple of weeks spent vegetating in Houston. The America I saw was a welcome relief from the biting cold that was my home city; 17 degree temperatures were Lagos-esque when juxtaposed with the near Arctic conditions I had fled from.</p>