austin: day five

since our first four days in austin were relegated to the downtown area and zilker park, we figured we'd take our last day to explore a bit more of what austin has to offer. without a car we had to stay in walking distance and decided we both really wanted to see the university.

the campus is located about ten blocks north of the state capitol and looks like just about every other college town in america. in anticipation of touring the campus we printed out ut's very own walking tour and went to work. as our very own tour guide i read all the neat tid-bits about the school and we walked around among the thousands of nike-clad students. seriously, i felt like i might have been at oregon with the amount of nike clothing i saw.

so the campus was cool (well, hot actually - but you know what i mean). loved the statue of césar chávez. and ut's corner (aka "the drag") had a fun mix of shops - including potbelly - so jealous! we also found a fun little coffee shop for breakfast. you can always count on a college town for good coffee spots. and we made one final stop at the pool - come on, you know i had to see the place where all these olympians have trained. not nearly as nice (i.e. new as the afc), although it was really big (kind of like the natatorium at penn state).

after our cab debacles of the weekend we determined it would be best to call a cab to take us back to our hotel. and then it was off to the airport! and it turns out the austin airport has an outpost of the famous waterloo records along with a few of austin's finest eateries - including amy's ice cream!

so, overall austin was pretty awesome. we tried to see as much as we could, but obviously missed just a few things. although i would imagine i'll be back there sometime in the future...