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Austin Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Austin, United States
To Be Prepared or Not to Be
This is a top pick! Whoa! Where did time go by? Geez! Is it June already??? It's like a wink dat has been fast forwarded to today... Wish I cudda click onto 'Pause' button, eh! I am countin' down 17 days left before I get aboard on a ...
Getting Packed!
This is a top pick! ... It's packed now and I think I'm all set. We'll see tomorrow when we check-in for the flights. 10:00 PM Our flight leaves Austin in the morning at 7:50AM, so we'll have to get up at 5:00AM. Major is already asleep, but told us to make sure and ...
Back to Texas
This is a top pick! ... entire cab ride home. Now it's back to real life, or as real as my life ever gets. Beverley has two weeks in the states and then is off to Europe, then Asia, New Zealand, Australia. She's traveling until January of next year. Lucky girl. I'm ...
Saying Goddbye
This is a top pick! I was lucky enough to watch my oldest niece and nephew grow up. I coached their soccer and basketball teams and taught them inappropriate words. I let my nephew shift gears and basically drive my truck when he was 4. I was 21. I ...
First Dates
This is a top pick! I'm a bad first date. Although, that’s a little misleading, because it sounds as if only the girl is not enjoying it. I also tend not to enjoy myself. But I’ve only been on a handful of first dates anyway, because they always go ...
Going Away Party
This is a top pick! My friend Bev threw an amazing going away party for me. We all got together at her house and had bloody marys, burgers, and beers. Derek came in town and brought his special lady friend, so I got to meet Kelly. Omar came in from San ...
Meeting My Niece Libby for the First Time
This is a top pick! ... be around and we caught her at an amazing age. In front of our eyes, in the few months we were back in the States, she went from crawling to standing, then started saying words, then took her first steps. Soon after, she was walking and talking and ...
Finishing the Circle around the World
This is a top pick! I'm hopping on a plane in a few hours that will take me back to where we started this journey. We left to the west and returned from the east, so we've circled the globe. I think that's kind of ...
With friends like you...
This is a top pick! Our quiet few going-away drinks turned messy concluding in Heather praying to the porcelain god of Club de Ville. Fortunately this being her second home this was not a problem. The problem however did come when we realized we had left a sleeping bag in ...
Getting Ready for Trip/ Alistandonos para el Viaje
It is 20 days away from our trip and with such a short time we need to start getting ready, right? There are sooooo many things that we've had to do over the past months, and since it is our first international trip it is a bit harder for us. We are not ...
Returning home to Austin
Wow..still cannot believe I am back home.. These past 2 months of travel has been such a beautiful gift. Taking this trip abroad was the greatest thing I could have ever done for myself. Being in a foreign country gives you the opportunity to grow ...
And We're Off
We had BritRail passes, Eurorail passes, round-trip plane tickets from New York to London, and some duffel bags of warm clothes. Michelle and I both grew up in El Paso, so we were prepared to be miserably cold for the next 9 months. The plan was to get ...
Back to the Desert...
Waking up at five am to a bus with no driver in a parking lot with no one around and nothing around was a bit odd. As I'd woken up first I was a bit weirded out but after a few more people got up we all sat up and watched the ost magnificent sunrise. ...
Stuck on the outskirts of Austin
... and her best friend Ashton, who neither Neil or I have previously met. We eat out at a Mexican restaurant in a distant suburb of Austin. Mexican food is big in this part of the world, quite possibly as we’re only a few hours from the Mexican ...
Rodeo & SXSW
... woke up to an overcast day we decided it was time to say goodbye to Austin and Texas! The ballot is still out on my favourite place in the States thus far but Austin has certainly come in as an ultra strong competitor! What a wicked place! ...
Welcome (Again)
... those of you that don't know, here is our itinerary: Houston, Texas - London, England - Cairo, Egypt - Amman, Jordan - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - New Delhi, India - Bangkok, Thailand - Hanoi, Vietnam - Beijing, China - San Fransisco, California - ...
A Shot in the Arm (Literally)
... from what I understand, most health departments don't require any proof of being uninsured or underinsured). In Travis County (where Austin is), they charge you $10 flat, regardless of the number of shots you get. That's a pretty good ...
Hello Austin, Hello Texas
This morning I woke up at about 9am and got the free continental breakfast. Was quite a good one, with bagels, cereals, fruit and eggs, but no white bread. I was certainly not going to stoop to the level of wholegrain, so I stuck with my fruit loops and ...
PVR
Finally got my passport - 17 weeks after I applied for it! And I forgot to tell you that Coni and Brad are bringing the kids...they're 1 and ...
The best thing since sliced Cinnabon
... several toilet stops along the way. The Peter Pan themed mini gold had been around since 1948 so it was definitely a part of Austin culture and as we played our round of 18 there were many other Austinians taking part while drinking from there eskies. ...
Chicago and beyond....
... mainly being in hostels or hotels so not had the access as when staying with people. but anyway thought i would as now in hostel in austin and the internet is free!! will try and keep it short but got a bit of catching up to do. Anyway i'll start from ...
the end of the road.
Well, this is definitely not what I had planned for my final entry. I'm at home in Austin sooner than planned, in a neck brace. Yep, in a neck brace. On my last adventure in Peru, I managed to fracture my spine in 3 places. Here's the story of what ...
Cuban Food in Texas? Moo!
... good and interesting lunch. Oh, before I forget to mention it, we saw RollerGirls. Perhaps you saw the reality series on A&E about Austin's women's roller derby league? Very punk rock. Works for me... Well, I guess they had a match, or a bout, or ...
Back to Texas
... Chris and I decided to go work for the department of education in South Korea, we also decided we needed one more weekend in Austin before we left. So Chris and I and old high school pal Espy headed down for the weekend. We ate some fantastic ...
Saturday Morning
... . Thanks also to Stephan Hetzel for being our group leader and guide. Saturday night was a big night for music in Austin with the Austin City Limits Festival going on and the many afterparties in various venues around town. I had wanted to see Leo ...
Cabo Wrap Up
Cabo has a lot to offer, from incredible landscape, to world class resorts, golf, and fishing, to great nightlife, and just about anything else you could want. It is defintely a playground for the rich and famous, but has a lot to offer for the ...