Finally in Dallas

Hey everyone,

What a long busride! But I've arrived in Dallas efter nine hours where only the last one was slightly bad - got hit on by a high school jock. Why, oh why?!

Anyway, Texas is a fascinating place. Just driving through it is amazing. And guess what? I've finally entered the Bible belt. On the interstate there are Jesus signs everywhere, telling me I should get saved (thanks, but no thanks) and that Church of Christ is open and just down the road, or sometimes there are even these huge billboards saying stuff like "what would Jesus do?" and whatnot. The best part though? A truck with the words JESUS CHRIST IS LORD written with big letters across it. Seriously, what is that?

I went through Happy, Texas on the bus remember (remember that movie?) and Stephenville where Jewel Kilcher lives - on that particular occasion I felt like I just had to play some Jewel on my MP3. Nothing else would be right.

But Now I'm here in Dallas. I had a little trouble finding a place to sleep, but then a homeless guy asked me if I was looking for something. I told him the name of the hotel I was looking for (saw it mentioned in Lonely Planet of course) and he followed me to the door. I thought it was the sweetest thing, and of course gave him some money so he could eat. After having blessed me many times he left and I am now no longer in need of a bed. Good.

Tomorrow it will be all about Dallas and Kennedy. You know it.

And finally... my new friend Owen told me last night that there are so many churches in America that they all need to have a theme now. Like the Cowboy church where you get a sermon first and a ride on the rodeo afterwards. That's hilarious!

Nadia