Austin Marriott South

Travel Blogs from Austin

Nice escape for a weekend

A travel blog entry by astre

A 3-hour drive from Dallas~

Early morning, at around 7am, I got up so that I can go to Alex's place on time. A few hours earlier, I wasn't feeling well... I was worried whether I can even go on the trip... oh well... I left as planned, feeling fine after a little bit.

The drive was smooth. We stopped at 2 rest areas. Our first …

Anniversary Weekend!

A travel blog entry by kluehadventures

Our original plan was to hangout and visit with my uncle Henry and his wife Kathy just south of Austin for a couple of days, and then stay in the city of Austin for the weekend. But plans change, and my aunt and uncle’s plans changed and didn’t allow for us to be able to stay with them. No problem we said - and got on the computer at …

Ho! Ho! Who?

A travel blog entry by elk_oil

... business and requires that you have a natural beard to get certified. I discovered that being Santa professionally is lucrative, too. Rookie Santas can earn $10,000 their first season, and experienced vets can make 15 to 20 grand. So Google and YouTube, here I come, and a few searches later I was taking an impromptu crash course in becoming St. Nick. I found some helpful videos, like the ones in this series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1& ...

At Ollivander's

A travel blog entry by pkumar01

No. I didn't get a letter from Hogwarts although that would have been cool. However, I did go to buy my first pair of cowboy boots and another for Shilpa. I walked into Allens Boots and my first reaction was Oh **** ! There were rows after rows with thousands of boots and I had no clue how to find a pair. I asked one of the guys about how to fit a shoe and he explained. And then he said very slowly in a very Texan ...

Pretty Much The Ocean

A travel blog entry by liamandkelsey

... umbrella open as we ran back and forth across the six lane road trying to decide what to eat for lunch. Eventually we ended up at a little Thunder Cloud Sub shop (who knew it was a franchise?) and Kelsey grabbed a fake chicken sub while I had something with turkey, ham, and bacon, and it was delicious.

From there we wandered inside the cinema complex, picked up our tickets, and proceeded to sit on a bench for the next hour ...