a&b's austin favorites round 2

Here's some of our favorite places in Austin to grab a drink, get sloshed, wet our whistle, and generally imbibe.

a&b's austin favorites

Our favorite places to grab a bite to eat...round 1!

Brian and I tried to fit in as much in Austin as we could while we were there, but when we look back on it, the one thing we really got down to business on was food! We ate a LOT! So, if you are in Austin in the near future, here are a few of our favorite places to grab a bite to eat:

blog/life update we moved to austin!

Hey! So did you know Brian and I were living in Austin for a month an a half!? Probably not,  huh? So i'll rewind...after the road trip ended and we went to visit family in Seattle/ Idaho for a few weeks, we concluded that we could not endure another cold and wet winter. We decided to spend a month and a half trying out a new city and since we loved Austin so much on our road trip, it seemed like the most logical choice.

We rented a little apartment on Air BnB, that happened to be a few blocks from the river, and armed with four suitcases and one bike, we managed to settle into Austin quite nicely. We spent our time eating (a lot) and biking around the city. The weather was great and it was awesome to have enough time to really explore a new place. 

The apartment building:

We ended up securing a bike for me from friends and decided to sign up for Car2Go for days when a bicycle wouldn't get us as far as we wanted. 

Running path a few blocks down from our apartment:

It was our first time moving to just one destination for an extended period of time, without the goal of traveling around. 

 

Have you ever decided to pick up and try somewhere new? 

roadtrip day 54-57: austin, texas

The charms of The Nugget were quickly fading away. Without a bathroom, and the cold weather freezing our mattress at night, we decided it was time to head back to Seattle to figure out our next plan. So we decided to give ourselves a little over two weeks to make it from Louisiana to Seattle. We sped through the rest of Louisiana, with a pit-stop in Layfayette. Then we hit the road, beelining it to Austin. As we crossed the border into Texas, things just appeared larger. The scenery opened up and the road straightened out. We couldn't wait to see what Austin was like.

One of the many Austin foodtrucks

Getting our first taste of Texas BBQ at the Green Mesquite.

Austin was PERFECT. At almost 80 degrees, we were able to get on our bikes and explore the city, from Zilker Park to South Congress Street. We both couldn't get over how much stuff there is to do in this town! I liked best that there were so many people outside, running, or biking, or kayaking!