New Orleans to Austin, as it happens is a bit further than we anticipated. We did have a run of unfortunate events as well though. The car needed an oil change so we had to wait around before we could take it away then back at the hostel our German passenger had wandered off to get himself a burger king meal just as we'd pulled up eager to leave (if not for Wills moral high ground i would of left him for sure).
This all meant we didn't arrive in Austin till sometime close to 11. It also meant that the hostel was then full and we ended up having to book a 3 bed motel with our new 'silent psycho German' friend
The day after and life had returned to normal, the sun was shining, we'd checked ourselves in a hostel, we'd finally got rid of the 'dead weight' and we where out exploring. We also treated ourselves to a nice big steak, Texas style i.e big. It's worth a mention purely as it was the first meal without processed meat, fries, bacon and cheese (I'm actually back to eating a burger while writing this, that's just how impossible it is to eat healthy in this country).
We then went for a walk about town, down the main bar street on 4th and all the way up to the university campus and football stadium. We also passed by and went in the capital building which was pretty epic, they even had a high school debate thing going on in the main chamber... either that or Texas' representatives are getting incredibly young.
Back at the hostel we got served food, drink and desert by the local girl scouts (i still have no idea why) But after the meal we played what's basically an electronic charades game, and for the first time in 8 or so months my competitive side came out in full force. I'm almost embarrassed thinking back, i didn't give them an inch, pulling them up on every rule broke, i can't believe i actually did that "sorry girl scouts", at least i got into it. If we could of turned it into a drinking game i would of left going out and stayed there. But we didn't, so we went!
On a side note, Austin has by far and wide the most attractive population known to man, it's like walking around in an American sitcom.... there's nothing else i can expand on this it's just a fact that needed to be said.
We went to a good bunch of bars, had a fair few beers and saw a whole load of bands. The first guitarist in the opening bar being so good it kind of made it hard for anyone else to then compete.
After an epic walk home with a slice of pizza and a taco or two to break up it up along the way, and that was our night done.
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