Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 3

Geo: 30.2676, -97.743 We left Amarillo and drove to Dallas, which is an all day drive. We got up on Monday morning and headed out to the JFK Memorial. After viewing that we walked over to a really cool looking old building. It was called The Old Red Museum of Dallas County History. It used to be the old courthouse. It was built around the late 1890's after several of the original ones burned down. It is now a very nice museum. We spent a couple of hours there before we headed over to Dealy Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum. Everyone of my generation remembers where they were when the news that JFK had been assassinated hit them. I was sitting in a 6th grade class at Cleveland Elementary School when it was announced over ... read more

Bonjour à tous. Petite journée en kilométrage au programme, Austin n'est qu'à 160 km. Que je suis content de quitter cette chambre sordide, à 7h le pdj est fini, une douche, et vite dehors. Le temps de prendre une photo, d'une boutique que j'ai remarquée, hier au soir, et finalement ne pourra se faire, il y a des grilles. A San Antonio il doit y une messe, ou je ne sais quoi, mais je vois beaucoup de Noirs habillés tout "endimanchés". Les femmes portent des robes hautes en couleurs vraiment une image que j'aurais beaucoup plus vue par exemple en Louisiane. Pas le boubou africain, mais comme dans les films, un peu historiques du sud des États-Unis. Je pourrais pas vraiment faire de photos comme je voudrais, car même si il y a très peu de ... read more

Early morning drive to Austin so I got up at 6AM and prepped. I was giving a ride to Naveen that day as he was heading to Austin as well. I would have given a ride to an Irish guy as well but apparently he thought I was leaving at 7PM instead of 7AM so he had already bought a flight to Austin. Roads were mostly clear this point and the ice ended about 50km south of Dallas. Drive to Austin took about 3 hours and we were going to a hostel called Drifter's Jack. It was recommended by multiple people so I wanted to give it a try. Austin has a reputation as a weird liberal bastion in conservative Texas so I was curious to see it. We got to Austin in good time around ... read more

Austin turned out to be our favorite city in Texas. There seems to be plenty to see and do here. The State Capitol building was within an easy walk of our hotel and we explored around there on our first afternoon. The building is quite impressive starting with the outside where there are a number of sculptures, including one honoring the Texas Rangers (see photo). The inside is equally impressive and we got to see some of the rooms and chambers, including the Governor's reception area. (Governor Rick Perry was apparently not in on the day we were there, otherwise we undoubtedly would have been admitted to his private office. ) We started the next day at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library which is located on the University of Texas campus. It is located next ... read more

Så var man i texas. Sov inatt i Carlsbad och nu påväg till austin där vi blir två nätter. 35 grade just nu vid kl ett på dan. Sju timmars bilfärd idag, så lite less att sitta i bilen. Men läst bok å sett nå serie på laptopen. Lite tankar om USA. Alla är så jäkla trevliga! Det är varmt i amerikanska öknen (no shit). Varannan bil är en pickup. Dom kan inte göra gott kaffe. Sjukt störande att allt i affärerna är prissatt utan skatt. "perfeeekt, en påse doritos kostar två dollar.... Nä just det... Två dollar plus skatt....". Frågar dom om man vill ha small, medium or large, ta alltid small. Tydligen låter "Hubba bubba" och "waboba" roligt om man säger det på "svenska" :D... read more