Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 10

Hab ich schon gesagt, dass es hier in Austin einfach nur crazy ist? Also: Austin ist crazy!! Und das meine ich im positiven Sinne! Angefangen hat es damit, dass die Greyhoundstation ziemlich ausserhalb liegt und ich auf den Hostelbesitzer warten musste, damit er mich abholt. Blöd nur, dass er nicht wusste, wo sich diese befindet und erst dann losgefahren ist, als ich bereits dort war. Als er dann mit einer Stunde Verspätung kam, sind wir erst mal noch eine Weile lang vom Möbelladen zum Baumarkt und zu einem weiteren Laden gefahren, da "Scooter" noch Sachen fürs Hostel brauchte...Also dieser Scooter ist eine Geschichte für sich...total verpeilt, extrem ulkige Stimme, blaugefärbte Brille aber doch extrem talentiert und voller Tatendrang. Das Hostel entpuppte sich als eine 1-Zimmer Wohnung mit ingesamt 12 Betten. Anfangs hatte ich echt so meine ... read more

We are all tired and in need of a rest day. Sam said we should be taking a rest day, but since we are close to our goal we press on. We have had some rather nice weather lately, and because of this the cool weather this morning was a shock. When we started off the temp was a balmy 40', burr. I called the front desk last night for a 6:30 wake up call. Bob knocked on our door at 6:55 and we were still asleep. We all rushed around and were still on the road by 7:30 as planned. Since I've lost my coat I had to rethink my clothes for the day. With different arrangements I was ready to leave. We took off on hwy 71 which was highly traveled but with a ... read more

Well the time has come for all good things to come to an end - I took Glenda to the airport this afternoon to commence her journey back home. From when she flies out of Austin to the time she arrives in Australia will be approximately 24 hours in total travel time - a 4 hour flight to San Francisco then around a 5 hour wait for the Qantas flight to Australia which takes a bit over 14.5 hours. She loses a day on the return flight - leaving here in Austin at 2:30pm on Saturday and arriving into Sydney at around 8:30am Monday morning. We did have one small hiccup - in America the airlines charge for each checked bag so I had paid the $25 on-line fee for her one suitcase. After it was ... read more

Well it is Wednesday evening here now and what a contrast in the weather!! Last Sunday was very warm - around 78 degrees F (25 degrees C). We were walking around in T-shiirts and shorts. So we drove into downtown Austin and hired bicycles to ride around Lady Bird Johnson Lake. For those who may recall USA president Lyndon B Johnson, he lived here in Texas - in fact out in the Johnson City area - which we passed through on our way to Fredericksburg as we described in our last blog update. Many things are named in his memory here in Texas. Lady Bird Johnson was his wife and was obviously very popular, having the main town lake named after her, as well as some street names etc. We rode the bikes to the South ... read more

For those who may not recall who quoted the words "there we were - me and Davey Crockett - shoulder to shoulder and backs to the wall" they were from Private Duffy in the 60's sitcom "F Troop" when he claims he is the sole survivor of the Alamo siege in 1836. Anyway it is a "Segway" to our next tourist venture - we took the hour and a half drive South to San Antonio last Sunday and looked around the Alamo site - of which there is not much left of the original fort. Another highlight of San Antonio is the very pretty river walk which meanders for "miles" along the river with restaurants down each side. Some people may have seen on Glenda's facebook that we even spotted "Where's Wally" down there. On the ... read more