Sleeping Near the Enemy

Everyone knows that I'm a Trojan through and through, and everyone also knows that football is basically my life in the fall. So it pained me in a way to visit the campus of UT Austin. And it also pains me to say that it is a pretty cool campus.  I was very impressed that the football stadium is literally in the heart of the campus.  With most colleges, you are lucky if they are the walking distance that the Coliseum is, and if you suck, you stadium is a good 30 minute drive away. (Yes I'm looking at you, Bruins.) The main tower also looked quite impressive, though it was 5 bucks to take it to the top to visit the site of one of the worst shootings in US history.   We also stopped by the communications building and the graduate studies building, and overall, Kristal and I both agree that it is quite a nice campus. An unexpected highlight was the turtle pool filled with at least 25 turtles of all sizes and ages.

We also decided to swing by the state capitol building, where the tall dome is a fixture of the downtown Austin skyline.  The inside is rather impressive, but not much different then the inside of the LA supreme courthouse. It was cool to see the pictures of the former governors, except for the certain governor that was in power in the last 1990's.  Overall, it was a cool bit of architecture, and something that was interesting to bear witness to.

Tonight, we were lazy and just walked to a close sports bar. We got some pretty good food. Kristal got a chicken club and I got a blackened chicken sandwich.  After that, we played Big Buck Hunter, a game that was originally introduced to us by my cousin Shannon. We unintentionally played about 6-8 games on the night, and I won all of them for the most part. Though Kristal gave me a good sweat on the last one. 

Tomorrow we are hitting up one of our most anticipated spots, my old home New Orleans.  I'm  excited to see my old stomping grounds, and to give Kristal a taste of real Cajun food. And to show her that famous party street. Thanks for reading guys.