Holy Guacamole!

We're in Austin!!! Texas' capital has been on our travel wishlist for awhile. We are finally crossing it off during our 4-day weekend.

Delicious guacamole! 

Our trip started off pretty rough Friday night when Andrew lost his wallet. Thankfully, he had is passport and we were able to board our flight bright and early Saturday morning. After a quick flight and Lyft ride to our hotel, we were ready to set out and explore. The weather was 95 degrees, but felt like 105. It was unbelievably hot and muggy.

Our hotel is right downtown, near Lady Bird Lake (aka the Colorado River). We walked around near our hotel, did some shopping and ate lunch at a tex-mex restaurant. Not being too hungry, we decided to share guac, chilaquiles and dulce de leche pudding. The guac was easily top 3 of our all-time favorite.

Andrew enjoying the scenery at lunch. 

After shopping for a while we decided to head to 6th street. The street was lined with bars, almost all of which had live music. We walked by a bar selling 'Gino's East Chicago Pizza' and stopped in another for a drink and to listen to country music.

For dinner we walked from 6th street almost an hour to another Mexican restaurant south of the river. There were quite a few things on our to-do list in this area so we wanted to check it out. Of course, we ordered guac again. This guacamole was a little different - it had sunflower seeds and smoked chipotle cream in it. I was hesitant, but yet again, it was delicious. After these two meals, I am determined that Austin should be dubbed the Guacamole capital of the world.

One of the holes at Peter Pan mini golf

After dinner, we went to the locally famous Peter Pan mini golf. This was probably the most fun mini golf course (well, there are two courses) that I've seen. Even though Andrew kicked my butt (weirdly, the rules kept changing in his favor...?!)  it was still a blast!

By the time we got home it was nearly 10 p.m. and we were going on five hours of sleep, so we decided to call it a day. Andrew will fill you in on Day 2 in Austin!

Best!
Kenzie