Austin: Still weird

So two weekends ago was the Austin Reception Event down in Texas. First time in the state and it was definitely a worthwhile trip. Got in Wednesday night and was picked up by Rusty, Clarali and Athena; Thursday had the awesome Global Village (as featured on the front page of the college newspaper), a random free event in the business school with enough free food to feed an army and a tour of Austin (bats, capitol building, food). On Friday we lounged by the pool until it was time for the International Showcase (cross between Global Village and Talent Show), before some drinks and good times in the evening.

Saturday, after breakfast burritos at Juan in a Million, saw all thirty or so of us heading to a lake for assorted swimming, cliff jumping and pointy-rock-avoiding. Dana, Ali and I took the scenic route to an awesome BBQ place before getting ready for the evening, where a few of us hit 6th Street. The bars were fantastic - huge, live music, open roofs - plus I won some drumsticks at a Jack Daniels promotion. I don't drum, but who cares? Drumsticks are cool. Ended up staying up all night waiting for my flight (thanks for the 5am airport run, Rusty!) so I was a little bit knackered by the time I got back to my place Sunday afternoon, but with plenty of good memories to smile about.

Huge thanks to everyone at Austin for an awesome weekend - here's to Hermes, Dave the Electrician, many many bats, Wushu vs Capoeira, Aunt J, Ron, sharp 'n' pointy rocks, that Led Zepplin cover band, the punks on the bus that avoided a brawl with the nazi and to Seinfeld at 4 in the morning!