October 19th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Halloween is busting out all over Austin. I've been seeing people in stores and other places wearing Halloween atire. Today was another beautiful day in Austin; unfortunately it is our last. We went ... 3 photos [full story]

October 19th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Today was unbelievable. We got up late and went walking and bought the Sunday Austin newspaper. Came back and had French toast and Andouille sausage. Breakfast on the patio, The weather is great, sun ... 5 photos [full story]

October 17th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Here is Austin there is a movement of locals who appreciate and support "Keeping Austin Wierd" where they love this unique identity. Our second day in Austin was a good experience of that as went abou ... [full story]

October 17th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Dear Readers, It has been a while: Here are my final comments on my foreign exchange trip. This is a letter I submitted to AFS after a few months of reflection. I submitted it about a week ago. Tr ... [full story]

October 16th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
We landed in Austin just in time for dinner. So off in search of the South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery which was reported to have amazing tacos by a local owner who has three locations all called T ... [full story]

October 16th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Today is the 40th anniversary of my getting out of the Army, which is when I was living in Texas. We slept in because our flight last evening was so late. Went to breakfast at Cafe Java, near the cond ... 2 photos [full story]

October 10th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
Getting ready to leave on Thursday but first have to make some Texas Chili to get in the mood. ... 1 photos [full story]

September 8th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin » Hill Country
WOW, das war ein WEEKEND! Hallo an alle zu Hause...wir hatten dieses Wochenende das LABOR-WEEKEND, das heisst von Samstag bis Montag frei und dieser Feiertag wurde gleich von allen internationalen ... 28 photos [full story]

August 18th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
I’m already getting behind with my blog entries but before I start on Guatemala I have to quickly mention my week in Austin, Texas. I stayed with my mate Lindsay, a girl from Arizona who stu ... 19 photos [full story]

August 5th 2009  North America » United States » Texas » Austin
I am just a couple weeks away from a fully funded trip to Kathmandu, Nepal to be a musician and research music education for 10 months--in short, my dream assignment. How did this come about? Th ... [full story]