http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Texas , Austin en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:52:27 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:52:27 +0000 So Craig and I left for the Austin Film Festival in Texas last Sunday the 18th of October. We arrived 26 hours later on Sunday night not a mistake time zone difference. The night we arrived we got a taxi and were greeted by a red neck woman taxi driver who told us a story of how she recently got mixed up with some guy that had shotgun and got busted in her taxi for owning a drug lab. After a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-447112.html 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 walking this morning and came back to the condo for an omlet breakfast on the patio. Began buttoning up the condo to leave and had an afternoon cocktail on the patio before leaving for the airport.Got t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-446532.html 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 patioThe weather is great sunny with a high near 80.This afternoon we went to the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture. Its things like this that make Austin weird. Quite the place as you may be able to tell from the photographs http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-446200.html 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 about our planned activities but went off the beaten path....literally....and saw some really interesting and hilarious things. We started out the day by heading to the Sunset Valley Farmers Market. Over http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-446072.html Today we went downtown to the Austin Farmers Market. Bought some green tomatoes arugula Round Rock Honey and Texas Olive Ranch Olive Oil. Used the green tomatoes and arugula make a panini sandwich with pancetta fried green tomatoes Provolone cheese and arugula.This afternoon we were sitting out on the patio enjoying a Paloma and we started to see many many dark looking butterflies flying ove http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-445955.html Dear ReadersIt has been a whileHere 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.Travis KnollTo my fellow Foreign Exchange StudentsMembers of the Scholarship CommitteeI am Travis Knoll a Foreign Exchange student to Argentina who completed his 5 month foreign exchange trip in July of 2009 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-445892.html 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 Torchys. I don know if it was fate but we somehow in trying to get to the Trailer Park location ended up at one of their other locations and it was the perfect place for us to stop. Not just because t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-445781.html 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 condo. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-445551.html It may take me longer to get back to Texas than it did to return from there 40 years ago tomorrow. We are at the airport but the inbound aircraft was delayed. So the flight is fourandahalf hours late. It will be nearly 330 am before we arrive at the condo.We are spending the time eating at the airport. I put up a picture of Mom Grandma at Wolfgang Pucks Express.I also added a picture of the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-445323.html Getting ready to leave on Thursday but first have to make some Texas Chili to get in the mood. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-443771.html WOW das war ein WEEKENDHallo an alle zu Hause...wir hatten dieses Wochenende das LABORWEEKEND das heisst von Samstag bis Montag frei und dieser Feiertag wurde gleich von allen internationalen Studenten genutzt Also machten wir uns auch auf den WEG um uns ein AUTO zu mieten und ab in den SDEN zu fahren. Schlussendlich war nur mehr die Frage wohin wer und wie lange Wir entschieden nach Au http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/Hill-Country/blog-434965.html Irsquom 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 studied abroad in Adelaide back in 2002. She lives in a gorgeous three story cottage with the lsquoStar of Texasrsquo on the outside. Shersquos studying to become a acupuncturist in Austin but is on he http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-429228.html ThoughtsLess than 24 hours before I leave. Itrsquos occurred to me that I really need to describe where I am in my mind as I prepare for this Nepal trip. Irsquom terribly excited and I view this tripprojectgrant as a starting point for many things. I canrsquot even say specifically what. This is my first job my first time completely supporting myself financially my first activity si http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-428499.html About FulbrightI am just a couple weeks away from a fully funded trip to Kathmandu Nepal to be a musician and research music education for 10 monthsin short my dream assignment. How did this come about The Fulbright US Student program. The Fulbright program gives selected applicants winners a chance to go to another country for an extended time usually 712 months depending on the coun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-425675.html It is very obvious that a lots of people loved Michael Jackson. It is also very evident by the nonstop coverage of his untimely death over the past two weeks.The Golden Casino is an online casino group. It is an offshoot from the notorious Golden Palace. They know how to market best than anyone else in the industry.They have released their Michael Jackson tribute slots. On the other hand the Gold http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-420782.html After a year of traveling a year of selfexploration and many adventures it was finally time to come home. Texas U.S. of A. Such a great feeling to be back I missed my family so much my friends and especially my little buddy Pepe my winnie dog. First stop was Austin TX. My home for the last 10 years before leaving on my Latino America tour. Since I no longer have a home there my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-418347.html About to head out for Corpus Ireland and then the UK. Leaving Texas once again but I'll be back before my birthday.I'll be in Cambridge until late August.Wish me luck Rob http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/Hill-Country/blog-410831.html So I've had another hiccup in my journey and this one was a little bigger. I woke up to find that my 945 am flight from Austin to Dallas had been delayed until 11 am meaning that would miss my connecting flight to JFK and thus to Rome. Awesome. Thanks American.I headed to the airport anyway in hopes of speaking to someone at the desk but it turned out to be a big clusterf. It turns o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-410501.html This is my first entry and I'm a little exhausted right now so you'll have to bear with me. I've just spent the past five hours trying to fit way too much stuff into a sixty liter backpack which looks much bigger than it actually is. My problem is that I have a tendency to underestimate. I thought I could finish my packing in three hours tonight I couldn't. I thought I could easily fit all http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-410385.html I'm still in Austin Texas it's been a strange time here I think I would have enjoyed it more had I been a little better organized and timed my stay not to coinside with a huge biker rally but that's life on the road when you travel the way I do. As I said in my last blog my first 3 days were spent sick which didn't help any. The one hostel here is booked weeks in advance so that has ruled out http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Austin/blog-408271.html