Black's is the most famous of the bbq establishments and we tried it. We decided that Texan bbqs are actually not to our taste. The smoky taste of the meat is too strong for us. We like our steaks straight, unsmoked and rare.
Here is Andrew chomping on a typical large hunk of meat.
Lockhart Courthouse
and the longest continually operating library in Texas. It is a lovely old building with stain glass windows.
Then we went on to Austin which is a really lively, funky, exciting city. Below is the Capitol building. It is the largest state capitol in the US.
Our enthusiasm for the city is in spite of a very bad first impression on our first day there which was once again a very cold day, zero temperature. Texas does not cope well with ice and the whole city seemed to be almost deserted as people were warned not to come to work. The Texas State Museum where we hoped to spend the afternoon was unexpectedly closed "due to the inclement weather".
However the sun came out the next day and so did the people. Below is the riverbank and the "owl" building in the background.
We had a fabulous day being shown around by my friend from Budapest Judit and her daughter Michelle and her husband Darren. We saw the artsy craft markets, had a nice lunch, went to 1/2 Price Books which is wonderful, visited Uncommon Objects on South Congress, a funky trash and treasure store full of almost every kind of object and ended the day with a Chinese buffet which has been on my desiderata list. All you can eat for $13. And the selection is wonderful, more variety than in OZ.
But above is my favourite food - at Wholefoods Market on Lamar Blvd - the soups. Much better than a bbq. This is where the Wholefoods chain started. This is a chain of excellent upmarket supermarkets throughout the country selling quality products. There are cooked soups in almost all US supermarkets and they are all good and reasonably priced.
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