Before we moved here, everyone would always tell us 'well, Austin is really nice' or 'I've heard Austin is really nice'; Austin is only 2 1/2 hours away, so for my Birthday weekend we finally decided to see if they were right.
They were.
Austin is built on hills, with a simple grid system, fairly compact, easy to walk around, full of record shops, inhabited by hippies, hipsters and students, and it even has a nice park more or less in the middle, where you can take a small child. We also discovered that in Austin, you just need to type 'Austin Restaurant downtown' or 'Austin Pancakes downtown' into google, and your iPhone will take you straight to a tremendous eating establishment.
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| Stopping for coffee |
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| Apologies for the blurriness, she moves too fast |
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| Bluet in the process of saying "Watch Elmo" |
We arrived on Saturday, and went to see the Capitol, where many bad ideas have been signed into law. They were even in session, praising some people for some things that they had done, so we got (briefly) to see government in action.
Later on we went out to dinner in a very nice restaurant called the
moonshine grill (#1 on the google search, and highly delicious). On Sunday we headed to Barton Springs in Zilker park, where we let Bluet run around a lot. Then in the afternoon, I walked several miles looking at record shops whilst Bluet 'napped'.
On Monday morning we visited the state cemetery where lots of dignitaries are buried. Here Bluet became obsessed by flags.
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| Bluet and flagpole 1 |
We went downtown after that, and looked at some historical buildings, and bought Bluet an 'Merican' flag and a Texas flag, which she waved vigorously as she rode on our shoulders around town. We are going to hire her out for parades and other patriotic events
All in all, Austin is highly recommended and if anyone wants to come and visit Texas, we'll meet you there.
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