Day 80 Austin, USA

Saturday 27th August 2005

28.8.05 38 °C

When is this heat ever going to let up abit.You never feel like doing a thing when its this hot but as we are short on time we just wouldnt get a chance to look around unless we went out in it.
Instead of walking we drove over to the Texas Capitol Building and had a look inside what is a very impressive building and is actually 15ft higher than the one in Washington DC.Like they say everything in Texas is bigger.Inside is a painted portrait of every President of the Republic and Governor of the State of Texas with the last being a very cheesy painting of George Dubya himself.
You also get to look inside the Senate Chamber and the House of Representatives Chamber.I wonder how many corrupt conversations have gone on inside them.
After lunch at a vegetarian restaurant near the university i then got a taste of heaven and was in total dreamland as we found a cycle shop the sold Lance Armstrong clothing,bikes,books and signed jerseys.Unfortunately as we didnt have room in the car for a new bike i had to settle on just buying 4 tshirts and 2 magazines although i was more than pleased with that.
Upon prizing myself away from the shop we chilled at the hotel for a few hours and then went out to the cinema to watch Dukes of Hazzard and on the way back after watching it we encountered our own hazard.Somehow while driving down the motorway at 60mph everyone managed to avoid the chair from a 3 piece suite that had found its way into the middle of the road.
Seeings as we survived the chaos of that it was time to hit the town and head to 6th Street again.The texans are so friendly and probably the friendlyiest on the trip so far and they are so laid back but hell do they know how to party.Come 11pm though Simon had had enough so Jill and I continued to frequent a few more bars till 1.30am and by then the street was packed with people and the road was closed off.
Tired and abit drunk we made it back to the hotel after another fantastic night.Although we hadnt seen to much of Austin (although theres not much here)its certainly been a great place to visit.

Texas Capitol Building,Austin