The lead-up to class has been epic. Exchange has been so eventful that I'm struggling to keep this updated and semester hasn't even begun. I really hope my blog survives!!!!
Yesterday was my one-week anniversary of Austin-dom. The weather has taken another strange turn so now it's wet, foggy and windy. Not the type of weather a Brisbane-girl is used to, but I'm powering through, literally because I was too stingy to buy an umbrella!
Thursday saw me gathering a group of girls to visit South
Congress or as the locals refer to as SoCo. Lots of cool shops and not enough time. The main mission: to find some second-hand cowboy boots. Mission failed unfortunately. But I did buy a couple of things for $2.50 from St Vincent de Paul for my room, including a very nice Van Gogh print. Score!! I also introduced Bara, Pavla, Eva and Lucia (they could be a girl band!) to Hey Cupcake, the little silver air-stream trailer topped with a giant cupcake, which I became very fond of during my last visit to Austin. The baby trailer made friends with our big, green RV!
After battling the cold, wet, winter day, we decided to head back for naps and preparation for the big, Texan welcome BBQ hosted by my favourite org, Planet Longhorn. As Carl, Liz, Harry, Tom, and everyone who's stopped by 21Rio would say, these guys have been our guardian angels.
So last night was the official kick-off to our stay, and it was huge! Firstly, that smokey BBQ sauce is the bomb! And don't get me started on the cream corn. I was told by Jessie (Aussie on exchange since Fall) that I would love it and she wasn't wrong. Can't wait to eat cornbread now! Whilst polishing off my dinner with my lovely Woodchuck draft cider made in Vermont, I signed up for social sports: indoor soccer, outdoor soccer and softball.
Yesterday was my one-week anniversary of Austin-dom. The weather has taken another strange turn so now it's wet, foggy and windy. Not the type of weather a Brisbane-girl is used to, but I'm powering through, literally because I was too stingy to buy an umbrella!
Thursday saw me gathering a group of girls to visit South
Congress or as the locals refer to as SoCo. Lots of cool shops and not enough time. The main mission: to find some second-hand cowboy boots. Mission failed unfortunately. But I did buy a couple of things for $2.50 from St Vincent de Paul for my room, including a very nice Van Gogh print. Score!! I also introduced Bara, Pavla, Eva and Lucia (they could be a girl band!) to Hey Cupcake, the little silver air-stream trailer topped with a giant cupcake, which I became very fond of during my last visit to Austin. The baby trailer made friends with our big, green RV!After battling the cold, wet, winter day, we decided to head back for naps and preparation for the big, Texan welcome BBQ hosted by my favourite org, Planet Longhorn. As Carl, Liz, Harry, Tom, and everyone who's stopped by 21Rio would say, these guys have been our guardian angels.
So last night was the official kick-off to our stay, and it was huge! Firstly, that smokey BBQ sauce is the bomb! And don't get me started on the cream corn. I was told by Jessie (Aussie on exchange since Fall) that I would love it and she wasn't wrong. Can't wait to eat cornbread now! Whilst polishing off my dinner with my lovely Woodchuck draft cider made in Vermont, I signed up for social sports: indoor soccer, outdoor soccer and softball.
Then all the party-goers began to be ferried to Midnight Rodeo. Despite a rowdy, camera-flashing car ride, Jack-of-all-trades Vanda drove us, the newly-nicknamed Summer Girls, safely to our first experience of Texan two-stepping and line-dancing.
I might just leave it there, because once we arrived, things got very “loose”. I’ll summarise by saying that the cheap drinks here may lead to my downfall; Taylor Swift can be moshed to; and having your first bar tab in Texas is a blessing when the bill only totals $21.
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