What the Blog?

So, it's been 1 week living here, and we've finally started to get to know the city! The apartment is...cozy. It's small, but the size forces us to get out when we can - and the metro-ability and bike-ability from where we are is pretty awesome. 1 mile to dupont circle, 1/2 a mile to adams morgan, 1 mile up to cleveland park - and unlike SF it's very flat, so not at all intimidating. That's good, because the price of metro adds up quickly. We spent yesterday wandering around the National Mall and (hopefully this is a good sign) ran into a friend of a friend at the Thomas Jefferson memorial! We ended up hanging out with some Texas friends last night, who live really closeby - and had great advice on neighborhoods, restaurants, things to do... basically exactly what we've been looking for, without having to ask. Photos below, from Anika's last day of freedom and the apartment. Classes start tonight, so this will probably be the last of my more frequent posting...

Home, sweet home. We spent the last 2 nights in Virginia, the first in Roanoke and the second in Hampton visiting friends. The drive from Nashville was long, but we managed to lounge a little and enjoy the city. Including, the only replica of the Athenian Parthenon in the world - with a full sized (huge) statue of Athena inside the temple... a replica of a statue that doesn't even exist anymore. It was neat, though I will say that the real thing was (slightly) better. Still, cool to see it. From there, we were on to Knoxville, where we found an amazing, veggie-friendly cafe in the Market Square area. Knoxville is a really cute town. I've definitely come to believe, from this trip, that college towns are generally awesome for stopping in. We were scheduled to stay in Roanoke at a B&B that night, and I was really hoping to check out Blacksburg on the way. Unfortunately, our innkeeper was going to bed at 11 so we had to book it to that town and skipped B'burg. We got there...

Not exactly the most updated blog in the world - yet - but hopefully you know enough about us (based on the fact that you're reading this) to know that we aren't awesome about keeping people updated about our lives. So today was day 1.5 of Road Trip: East Coast. The movers arrived about four hours later than we expected last night, so the day was spent waiting at home, saying goodbye, and generally not thinking about the upcoming weeks. I think for me... I feel like I'm just going on another business trip, and it's not 'farewell austin' just yet. I'm sure it will hit me soon enough. Anyway, four hours after the movers arrived, they were done and we could set off for Dallas. We didn't get home (Plano) until close to midnight, and after a delicious and heavy Indian dinner, it was off to bed for nearly eight hours (luxury!) before chugging some chai with toast, and trying to make it to Memphis in time to catch Graceland. Closing time is 5 pm, so we realized...