28 days in Kansas City & Houston Itinerary

The largest municipality in Missouri, Kansas City has an impressive array of world-class museums, shopping areas, and great places to eat, all of which attract tourism to the area.

Popular historic sites such as Union Station and Squirrel Cage Jail are in your itinerary. Your cultural itinerary includes sights like The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Arabia Steamboat Museum. Get out of town with these interesting Kansas City side-trips: Lexington (Court House & Battle of Lexington State Historic Site), Jesse James Birthplace Museum (in Kearney) and Smithville Lake (in Smithville). Next up on the itinerary: get engrossed in the history at National WWI Museum and Memorial, contemplate the long history of Fort Scott National Historic Site, see the interesting displays at Evel Knievel Museum, and browse the exhibits of Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum.

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Dusseldorf, Germany to Kansas City is an approximately 15.5-hour combination of train and flight. The time zone changes from Central European Standard Time to Central Standard Time, which is usually a -7 hour difference. Plan for somewhat warmer temperatures traveling from Dusseldorf in September, with highs in Kansas City at 33°C and lows at 20°C. Cap off your sightseeing on the 17th (Sun) early enough to catch the flight to Houston.

Although urban sprawl remains synonymous with Houston, most of the city's tourist attractions lie within the relatively small downtown area, surrounded by diverse neighborhoods housing the nation's biggest African-American, Asian-American, and Latino communities.

You'll enjoy a bit of beach vacationing at Quintana Beach and Pine Gully Park. Get some cultural insight at The Seawall and Space Center Houston. Get out of town with these interesting Houston side-trips: Battleship Texas State Historic Site (in La Porte), Kemah Boardwalk (in Kemah) and Galveston (Galveston Historic Seaport - Home of the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA, The Strand, &more). There's still lots to do: engage your brain at The Houston Museum of Natural Science, identify plant and animal life at Cockrell Butterfly Center, take in the spiritual surroundings of The Chapel of St. Basil, and stroll the grounds of Glenwood Cemetery.

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You can fly from Kansas City to Houston in 3.5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. In September, Houston is somewhat warmer than Kansas City - with highs of 38°C and lows of 28°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 30th (Sat) to allow enough time to travel back home.