Texas

We took a drive through downtown, passing by the building from where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK.

We stopped for lunch at Blue Sushi as we were just in time for happy hour. I tried a key lime martini and we tried a few new types of roll including the cowgirl.

We took a walk through the Stockyards afterwards where there were lots of cowboys, bulls and tourists.

There was a stall selling shave ice in flavours like tiger blood and wedding cake. We got a cup of bubblegum pink before getting back on the road.

Holly told us to stop off at the Czech Stop to try a freshly baked kolaches, a pasty treat that's popular with Texans.

There was a gigantic queue in the bakery but we waited patiently before tucking in to a tasty pumpkin kolache.

A few hours later, we arrived in Austin where we met up with Holly, Lee and their friend, Vicky who was visiting from Bristol.

We arrived just in time for sunset, so we headed to Congress Bridge to see the bats fly out for the evening.

There were thousands of bats swarming in the air and we were so excited to finally get a chance to see them.

Afterwards we headed to Bangers for hipster hotdogs. It was warm enough to sit outside, which was lovely under the fairy lights though a pesky cockroach decided to charge at us a few times during the night until Holly showed it what for.

Tom and I shared a veggie BLT hot dog and another with beet root and goats cheese. They were both soooooo good!