Over the past several years, I have heard from several friends and from countless articles that “Austin is a food town.” I didn’t pay much attention to that statement, since I lived in DC and DC is a really good town for food. With it’s huge metropolitan footprint and international population, you can find whatever cuisine you’re looking for with ease, and new fusion restaurants are popping up constantly to add new variety to the mix. But Austin takes food to a whole different level.
Category: Texas
Segways- They’re not as bad as you think
When you’re thinking of touring a city on two wheels, you probably expect the wheels to be one in front of the other like those on a bicycle or maybe a motorcycle if you’re daring. A pair of wheels strapped next to each other on a short board with a steering column is probably not your first thought when it comes to traversing a city’s streets, but you may want to reconsider. The Segway has been called “a revolution in transportation,” “the future of urban commuting,” and “the goofiest thing I’ve ever seen.” And all of these are true, and it’s a lot of fun to boot.
Schlitterbahn
The Schlitterbahn water park is a family friendly destination about an hour south of Austin, Texas. Located in the heart of German country, this 65 acre water park is the go-to destination for local families during the heat of the Texas summer.
Wurstfest
In the late 1800s, a German nobleman bought a large plot of land about an hour south of Austin, Texas, and made it available for German citizens to live in if they wanted to. Following the naming conventions of New York and New Jersey, the immigrant population named it New Braunfels after their home near Frankfurt. Nearly a century later, a local sausage contest grew and gathered national attention, and Wurstfest was born.