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Another flight of writing in my journal and blog :-) so Austin... What an awesome city! I've spent a week wandering around downtown Austin and perusing the little independent shops and there's such a variety of cultures here, there's the EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS BIT of course but you've also got a bit of Mexican and its very liberal, a splodge of blue in a red state :-) its also super proud of its weirdness 'keep Austin weird' souvenirs can be found in most stores and live, good, music can be found in most bars, chips and queso is a party staple and margaritas are served EVERYWHERE :-) its a big city with a small, intimate vibe, as showcased with their south by south west music festival, all the bands play in bars and venues there is no 'festival ground' so you get a more intimate feel, its not an intimidating city like Chicago its easy to navigate despite being pretty big, and that's its charm right there, its a lovely city with a small town feel, with great food, excellent music and lovely people :-)
Julia, Tony and I went to Austin City Limits festival over the 11/10 weekend with Julia's lovely friends, Denise, Michele and Elisa, we saw Fun., Jake Bugg-AWESOME, Arctic Monkeys, Muse-AMAZING, Depeche Mode-old, Vampire Weekend, The Mavericks-unexpectedly awesome, Kings of Leon-always amazing and The Cure who were also old but better than depeche mode... Elisa and I cycled there on the Friday, no problems there, all downhill, lovely, and we cycled home, all uphill, mostly fine :-) but on the Saturday genius here decided Minnie mouse ears would look super cute with my polka dot dress... And cycling down a rather steep hill they fell down in front of my eyes and I braked too harshly causing my bike to stop and me and the Minnie mouse ears to carry on over the top :-( resulting in a huge bruise on my thigh, a swollen eyebrow, 3 nasty grazes on my arm and my white polka dot dress turned grey, fun fun fun! But my right side didn't get a scratch on it! I'm writing this a week and 2 days on and my arm unfortunately is still scabby :-/ it needs to go before the wedding!!!!!
Sunday at ACL was cancelled due to the terrible flooding on the Saturday night, more rain than I knew was possible! So I had a hot bath and felt sorry for myself mostly **sniff** ;-)
Just boarding a flight at Dallas Fort Worth :-)
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Gam and peter Hi Tinker Spoke to your Mom on Satrday night so she had told me all about the Minnie Mouse Ears and the falling off the end of the world!! Ha I know it was'nt funny Iam just glad that you are all right. Am sure the scabs will be gone by the time you get to the wedding. Not long before Simon arrives bet you are really looking forward to seeing him,huh!? I know he will be glad to see you, scabs and all Ha. Your Mom said tht you were having the time of your life with Kathrine and family. So glad that you are having fun. See you soon Love Gam and peter XX