Well, I really lucked out in Austin, Texas! I started the day in San Antonio in my hotel room, taking my time to get up and ready, knowing there were a dozen buses to Austin and therefore no need to hurry, for a change. Checkout was at 11am and at exactly 11am there was a knock on the door and two members of staff reminded me it was checkout time. I pointed at my partially-packed bag and managed to get a five minute reprieve. They are keen there! The bus journey...

Hmmm, slightly disappointing. That's how I'd sum up San Antonio. I was in town for almost two days and I saw all I wanted to in that time. The Alamo was okay but since I already knew the history before I got there I didn't learn much from it and I couldn't get into the Texan pride thing of 'Remember the Alamo'. The mall was an okay shopping centre, except that it didn't have a book store. In fact the whole of downtown San Antonio didn't have a book store. What d...