A quick stop overnight in Houston – visiting Peter’s Indian friends – lovely family whom he met in Delhi 10 years ago when he spent 3 months there teaching! Then on to San Antonio, where we spent 2 nights with Dave and Patti Dyer – friends from last year’s Kaufman camp. It was nice to have a few nights in people’s homes rather than motels! San Antonio has alot of Spanish Architecture and has its famous Alamo landmark in the heart of the city. I understand alot more about the history of Texas now….at one stage the Mexicans were trying to keep the Americans out of their territory instead of the other way around! Had a nice pick with a few of Dave and Patti’s friends and cooked them a curry – they had never eaten it before!! Off to Austin next for another few days – what an insane city! So much night life going on. There was a major festival in town – Austin City Limits – we heard about 30,000 people in town for it over 3 days, it was held in a big park outside the city. At first we thought we’d struck the jackpot but it was sold out! But we did strike gold because we managed to get tickets to see the Punch Brothers in town late on the Friday night. Absolutely inspiring stuff!!! Gorgeous Chris Thile with his big smile and great vibe ripping it up with the other young men in the band!!! The crowd was so into it – the applause was deafening!!! Peter managed to catch 3 songs from Asleep at the Wheel – (I stayed asleep as it was at 8.30am) We caught a Texas Swing band for dinner on Friday night at the Central Market – a big healthy supermarket with a licensed cafe – a bit of a different setting for dancing!On to Fort Worth/Dallas for the weekend – a day in Dallas at the Texas State Fair to finish off on Sunday. A nice way to spend the day – back with some animals!! – chooks, cows, horses, dog shows, an absolutely amazing bird show with lots of gorgeous wild birds, some trained to fly down from the top of the Ferris Wheel to the trainer!! Such a treat we went back and watched it a second time!
Now it is struggle with the luggage!!! And back to Melbourne tomorrow!! Looking forward to seeing all the puppies!!