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The Texas State flower blue-bonnet in full flower on open fields all around Texas at the moment - a beautiful spring display! A&M University horticulture students managed to grow them in maroon as well, as maroon is the university colour!

Its been a hectic week to say the least!

Even though I had a bad start with the flight to CollegeStation been cancelled at Dallas Airport, and I had to be re-booked via GeorgeBush Airport, Houston, meaning yet another airport landing & departure.... and I arrived at CollegeStation only at 19h00 on the 19th when you were all happily settled in already, the learning experience here is great. There isn't much happening in CollegeStation other than the university activities - the city is very much like UrbanaChampaign. But people are really friendly here, they start conversations in restaurants and offer advice on places to visit and avoid...... yes that too! Not everything on the Visitor's Planning Guide is recommended of course, depending on which side of the political fence you are.

Accommodation is very ordinary, much like Illinois. But I must tell you I set the alarm off twice with using a hairdryer. Any hot air, leaking gas and smoke can easily be detected in student apartments - this I learnt is due to an international student losing his wife & baby a couple of years back due to a gasleak from the stove. Living with such a hyperactive alarm system therefore makes it worthwhile, I'm not complaining!