Day 11, Dallas - Austin and 4. july

Left Dallas this morning heading for Austin TX. Not a long drive, so we arrived pretty early in the afternoon. The heat down here in Texas is insane. Luckily we got a bit of wind this evening, and temperature is expected to go a bit down the next few days. We welcome that very much, because our norwegian bodies is not used to this warm, humid weather. Today an older woman asked if we were from New York. I guess they talk funny there. Later in the day, a guy living in Austin asked me if I was from Austin. I'll simply take that as a compliment. We went down to 6th street in Austin for a meal and look around. There was a lot of people out in the streets, a great experience. Later on, all of them was gathered down by the river for the fireworks. I would estimate over 100 000 people had shown up on the bridges and the riverbed. And what a show! Half an hour of fireworks, starting out small but got really intense at the end. A great day! Martin checked out a standup show after the fireworks, while Erik and me went back to the hotel to rest out after another extremely hot day.

// Lars