Texas weather had pretty much messed up our plans, so we did not nearly see as much of the region like we had planned to. We took a closer look at downtown Dallas while we had to wait for our bus to Albuquerque on Tuesday. Which was then cancelled, as they told us one hour before the scheduled departure. But that’s a different story… If Texas cities were people, Austin would be a hippie and Dallas would be a businessman….
Winter finally got us. We’ve succeeded long enough to avoid bad weather, but here in Keller, Texas, close to Dallas and Fort Worth, we’ve run out of luck. After a very rainy day yesterday there is now even snow and ice on the streets with temperatures under zero degrees Celsius. You just don’t mess with Texas, I guess. Saturday, when we arrived in Keller, it was still quite nice outside, even T-Shirt-weather I would say. In the evening, our hosts…
Of course we’ve done more that just overeating in this fabulous city, that was nothing like I had imagined Texas would be like (mostly conservative…). Instead it’s got an alternative, liberal vibe, and is full of live music and great food trucks. We’ve been around the city and spent some time in the Texas State Capitol. You can easily spend a whole day in there, go from debates in the Senate to the House of Representative to see what…