Its been a long time since I've flown any great distance and all I remember of it is the mind numbing boredom, because the one film they are showing is on a tiny screen half the length of the plane away, the horrible food, no leg room and the guarantee of a screaming baby crying all the way through the flight. So I was pleasantly surprised at the screen in the back of the seat in front had 200 films, TV shows and games to choose from which meant I didn't need to resort to either the puzzle book I had bought at the airport or the sleeping pills (to be used on either myself or any restless infants). The lack of leg room however is still something I see modern airlines have kept with to keep that old fashioned, authentic, feel to flying :-)
So i arrived in Austin and Graham, who some of you may know, others will over the course of this blog, is kindly putting me up while I'm here in his brand new flat (I'll take some pictures of it once its cleaned up, so that should be in about three months!!) Kim, his sister in law, is also staying for a couple of weeks while she works at the South by South West music festival. I've also met his very nice girlfriend Laura (it must be his accent) and some of his work friends over a beer which seems like daily end of day ritual for most folks out here.
I'm currently writing this entry in the Texas State History Museum, which what it lacks in its stories of times long long ago more than makes up for with its razz a mataz and over blown enthusiasm for what it does have.
I have also been, this morning, to the LBJ Presidential Library and stood in a replica of the Oval Office as it was back in the 60s. Except it was 1/8th smaller than the original?!? Maybe its so that if people are casing the place out in peroration to break into the real Oval Office their scheme will be slightly off and they'll end up running into a wall which is 1/8th closer than they were expecting. Ingenious! :-)
Until next time...
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