Austin turned out pretty cool. We finally arrived on the train and took a taxi to our hotel. The hotel was kinda odd especially odd smelling. So we took up ourselves and headed to the University of Texas. The kids there were actually attending school. Must suck. We walked along their commercial strip and stopped by some pizza place and later got some t-shirts. The strip was pretty cool. On our way back a blind guy stopped us and needed some directions. We werent in any hurry so we helped him walk back to the apartment that he was looking for. He was pretty far off from where he was supposed to be. So we engaged in conversation on our ten block walk to his place. Thats when we discovered he was originally from Indiana Anderson, Indiana to be exact. Exactly where Karma lives now. We all thought that was pretty cool: ok, really cool. We escorted him to his friends apartment and we talked about why he came to Texas and we talked about his dog. In fact we dont know his name, but his dogs name is Barney. The side trip was kind of fun. When we got back to the hotel we both decided to lie down for a few minutes. Two and a half hours later we woke up. Karma vaguely remembers me handing her phone to her for a call. I dont remember that. We were kinda tired. When we got up we decided to head to the south side of town were we ran across a bridge were a bunch of people were congregating. Apparently this bridge contained the largest urban bat population in the word. At sundown 1.5 million bats flew out and terrorized the city. It wasnt as impressive as we thought. We thought the bats would all emerge at one time. But they actually flew off in a straight line. It took them a good half-hour to leave the bridge. So we left before they finished.
About this time we decided it was time to eat. So we walked about the famed 6th street in search for food. We never found a good place, however, I discovered that 6th streetwas pretty awesome. First, it was a Wednesday night and there were a good amount of people on the street. Secound, everyone was attempting to recuite us with cheap drinks. Third, the bars seemed really cool. A lot were outdoors, most had indie rock, blues, or jazz playing. I really wanted to come back. Karma felt bad and really didnt feel like going back out. That wasnt typical of her, so I felt bad when I sorta forced her back out. But shes just really cool like that. We didnt spend that long. We eventually found a bar that had a rooftop seating area. This was awesome. We sat there for an hour overlooking the rooftops of downtown Austin, and watching the streetlife on Sixth Street. We headed back to the hotel, ordered some food, and went to bed.
So Im in the airport now. Waiting for the flight home. We have a long layover in Chicago. But otherwise, it will be a good flight. The taxi ride here was sort and cheap, and checkout was really late. So we were able to find a cool coffee shop on Congree called the Hideout. It seems to have good Indie music at night. I might get this back out and write when we are in Chicago its fricken three hours.
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