Feeling a little Texan!

 

The Easter holiday's are upon us and I am more excited that I usually am about the holidays because my brother and his girlfriend will be with us all the way from Texas. (Minus a little girl called Emmy though so not totally happy with them :P )

My brother has lived in Dallas for over 3 years now and I went to visit him there in 2010. Had a great time and if it hadn't been for the heat and the crazy drivers I may have considered moving there. (I'd been made redundant so there was no job to keep me in Scotland.)

This will be Kristens's first visit to Scotland so to make here feel a little at home I thought I would share with you some facts about Texas so you can wow her with your knowledge if you meet her. :)

These facts did make us giggle quite a bit. I was going to do a comparison for Scotland and Texas but we don't have a country ship, country flying mammal or country fish. But here goes

 

	Texas	Scotland
Capital City:	Austin	Edinburgh
Statehood:	December 29, 1845 (28th)	843 AD
Population:	20,044,141	5,295,000
Nickname:	Lone Star State	Caledonia, Alba, The Greatest Country on Earth
Motto:	Friendship	Nemo me impune lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)
Origin of State Name:	Based on a word used by Caddo Indians meaning "friends"	from the "Scoti" or "Scotti" a Gaelic speaking people who had come from Ireland around 500AD
Counties:	254	33
Largest Cities:	Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, El Paso, Austin	Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow
Border States:	Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma	England
Land Area:	262,015 sq. mi.; 2nd largest	78,789 sq km
Highest Point:	Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 ft	Ben Nevis (1,343 m)
Lowest Point:	Gulf of Mexico, sea level	Loch Morar, Scotland 987 ft (300 m) below sea level
State Bird:	Mockingbird	Golden Eagle
State Flower:	Bluebonnet (lupinus)	Thistle
State Tree:	Pecan (carya illinoensis)	Pine
State Song:	Texas, Our Texas	Flower of Scotland
State Web Site:	www.state.tx.us	www.scotland.org
State Mammal:	Texas Longhorn	Unicorn
Longest State River:	Rio Grande (1270 miles)	Tay 193 kilometres (120 miles )

I did have to come up with some of them myself so they might not totally accurate :) TTFN