And they make bull riding look hard...

Our Texas Adventure continued in the form of Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth.

We mainly spent our time in Austin being told we were there on the wrong week as SXSW started the week after our stay. The music scene was big anyway so we made the most of the happy hours and live music. After doing some research we discovered one particular bar was famous for brilliant live music so we decided to give it a try. We tootled down one evening, paid our entrance money to the cowboy on the door, went in to discover what can only be described as a shed that smelt like the bottom of a mop bucket. A locals bar that was full of dodgy looking, past their prime cowboys, who didn't look overly impressed we had found their space. All in all, we definately spent the evening in Austin's dodgiest Honky Tonk.

We spent a day in both Dallas and Fort Worth. There wasn't much in Dallas so We spent most the day at the grassy knoll and at the sixth floor museum. Very strange to see it all in the flesh! In Fort Worth, we spent the day at the Stockyards. The cowboy hall of fame, live gunshow, Live cattle drive through the town, tried a bit of bull riding.. Had some texas barbeque, then spent the evening in Billy Bobs, the worlds biggest Honky Tonk. This was a spectacular place, their version of bar entertainment was a bull riding ring. Unbelievable!! We even narrowly missing an evening with Jesse James.

The few days we spent in Dallas and Fort Worth were soured slightly by the place we stayed. We had a disagreement with the owner over a surcharge he tried to impose. I'm not sure whether I was more offended by his racist comments or the fact he thought we were German...

We discovered after that the surcharge was actually illegal so jokes on him!