Blogs from Austin, Texas, United States, North America - page 31

After some wonderful shopping and days lounging by the super natural thermal pool, we left San Miguel with a bang. Our last night, Josh and a gang of 3 others really put on a spread of fajitas, homemade tortillas, wonderful local fruit and a variety of yummy drinks. We had a great week in San Miguel and would like to extend a special thanks to Tom, Proferia, Tony, Triny and Maria for all of their hospitality. We had an amazing time because of you!! After leaving San Miguel, we got on the freeway heading due North. Our sights were minimal because the insurance was due to run out the 16th. We did stay the night in Saltillo about 250km from the border. Besides the amazing amount of pigeons in their main square (one almost took a ... read more

We are leaving in 8 days, and I still have so much preparation. I have managed to locate 4 large suitcases, and 2 small ones. We are allowed 2 check-ins, and one carry on, so it will work out fine. We will actually only pack one suitcase, and the rest will remain empty (until our return of course :) I have made copies of all our paperwork, and registered with the Embassy in Thailand. Marilyn and Frank have already arrived in Bangkok. We are supposed to meet at our hotel, and get the wherabouts of them from the front desk clerk. It seems like such a primitive form of communication, but we are limited without our cell phones. Troy is wanting to extend our stay in Hong Kong by a day, but I don't know how ... read more

Grrrissssmas!!!! Every Christmas Austin has the Trail of Lights at Zilker Park. Its a fun fest filled with fun, lights, people, Christmas, and funnel cake. The trees are decorated and companies sponsor little holiday scenes for you to walk through. By far my favorite section is the entry way with its tunnel of Christmas lights. After that I must say I enjoy the warm funnel cake sprinkled with powdered sugar. If it were bitterly cold as it was the first year I visited then the fire pit with its huge logs burning would be a favorite of mine too. But this is Texas. Winter sometimes lasts for two weeks. The Tree of Lights is the main event here. People either start their trip here or end it there. For the coolest effect stand underneath the tree, ... read more

It's official, 44 hours is a VERY long time..... that's how long it took for us to make it from our bed in Amsterdam, to the next bed, in Houston. We left the Robertson's apartment in Munich at about 12:45 AM, to make the 1:03 subway to the train station.... once we got to the station, we had to wait till 3 AM to catch the first train to the airport.... This is a very nice train station, and it is central to a very nice mass transit system (Munich's is apparently one of the best in Europe), but it's pretty freaky in the wee hours during Oktoberfest.... Anyway, we tried to blend in with our huge packs and made it safely to the airport at 4 AM. We checked in with Air France for our ... read more

Hi, On the last weekend, I have travelled to south Texas. First stop was Austin where I have spent the night. Austin has great night life, nice pubs, etc. In one of the pubs, I watched a bluz performance which was really nice. A couple from Forth Worth "adopted" me. They were very much impressed that I have travelled on my own, a piece of cake for me. They were quite drunk and made me drunk as well by buying me more drinks. The lady kept using the sentence: "Oh, this is so hot" (hot = cool) on about everything. "I am from Israel" - "Oh, this is so hot". Or, "I work in computers" - "Oh, this is so hot", etc. Once they left to another pub, I escaped from them. On Saturday, waking up ... read more