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Travel Blogs from Austin

At Ollivander's

A travel blog entry by pkumar01

... you know, you don't pick the boot, the boot picks you". Yeah, I have heard that before... in a MOVIE ! That wasn't very helpful. And I don't speak Boot.

After about 1 hour or so, I found a pair each for both Shilpa and I. At the checkout counter, I did tell the guy how cheesy that line sounded although it did have some truth.

The boots are on their way to Kirkland now. Let's see if they pick Shilpa.
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Austin, TX: The Unusual Nature of Austin

A travel blog entry by thirsty-boots

... and mandate. The other must visit place will be visited in November 2012.

I wished the Austin tour book was more picturesque; I would have found out about "the bats at the Ann W. Ric*********gress Avenue Bridge". It is the largest urban colony of bats in N. America! I'd certainly brave the 100+ degrees evening temperature to see 750,000 to 1.5 million bats flying out to feed. Each evening they consume an estimated ...

BBQ in Austin, TX, yea!

A travel blog entry by vagrant_reality

... well, so while I can’t support the claim that it is the best in North America I can say it was pretty damn good!

I needed some wifi to get some more paperwork done so I went to the public library. They wouldn’t let me in with food so I sat out the front. Then they told me to move from the front of the library because sitting there wasn’t letting the library keep its aesthetically pleasing appearance. Really, I reckon ...

Bye Austin!

A travel blog entry by murica2012

I'm going to miss this city a lot. Today was a scorchahhh but we did a lot and I am now 50 shades of brown. Lunch was at a food trailer park on south congress. It's exactly what it sounds like. I was feeling adventurous and tried a rattlesnake & rabbit sausage with sauerkraut and onions. It was also exactly what it sounds like. Interesting tasting, 3/5 would eat again. Claudia enjoyed an elk sausage and it stink up my car. After lunch we went swimming at Barton ...

I can spell Denny's - D E N N Y S, Denny's

A travel blog entry by kirstyp83

... in Austin around 4.30, it’s the state capital of Texas so we went for a little walk to the capitol building for some group photo’s. Got some BBQ for dinner at Stubbs – Fanny and Kathrin didn’t much like the smoked brisket but I thought it was good!

Went back to the hostel to get ready…took a quick shower which was interesting! 2 showers with ill fitting curtains – if you didn’t purposely avert your eyes ...