While we were in Austin, we did not in fact go to El Arroyo as Pat Green suggests in his song. However, we did thoroughly enjoy our time there. We started off Friday by meeting one of my former roommates at Curra’s for lunch and avocado margaritas. If you haven’t had…
San Antonio was next on our itinerary. San Antonio meant family, friends, hot weather and lots and lots of Tex-Mex. Oh my goodness, the weather was so hot. I knew they were having a really hot, dry summer, but I wasn’t prepared to face the hot triple-digit temperatures that I had…
Once we got to Lubbock, we were overcome with jet lag. Typically, we found the trip to the States much easier to adjust to than the return trip to Germany. However, this go around was backwards. We went to sleep between 8 and 8:30 PM the first several nights we…
Where to begin? 17 days in the States. 17 days of craziness and in some cases, completely random and awesome surprises. Returning to Germany…hmm, not many (ok any) good surprises. I’ll get to that later. However, the silver lining on our return to Germany has been the realization (by both…
It’s been about 2 decades since I’ve been to the Texas panhandle. I don’t remember much other than my sister’s dorm room, the Luby’s we ate at and waking up with my head underneath my older brother’s bed (and subsequently being quite panicked). I don’t know how much the town…
I’ll see you tomorrow, you’re only a day a way… Yes, I’m singing to the state of Texas. I’m that excited. Our trip begins early tomorrow morning with a ride to the train station and will end early on the morning of the 22nd. In between, here’s where we’ll be:…