{"id":450,"date":"2015-12-15T23:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T21:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=450"},"modified":"2015-12-15T23:55:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T21:55:50","slug":"austin-another-weird-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Austin – Another “weird” city"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"image\"<\/a>
State Capitol of Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DEC 4, 2015 – Just like Portland, Austin is known as one of the most progressive and open-minded cities in the US. The slogan “Keep Portland weird” applies here as well – I saw several “Keep Austin weird” signs, although I believe the idea came from Portland. Of the day and a half I spent here, at least half a day went into sorting all the photos I took in the National Parks, writing blog posts, and catching up on news. I got a good impression of the city’s nightlife, learning two-step dance at the Broken Spoke the first night, and tasting local beers the second. Drifter Jack’s Hostel was a good home base in the city and  made it easy to connect with other travelers. For the famous bat flight under Congress Bridge, I was apparently one day too late. The street art was good, but the Graffiti Park was rather disappointing – it’s worth a visit you’re looking to spray your own graffiti, but it isn’t nice to look at.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>
Hostel entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"image\"<\/a>
The Broken Spoke, a local honky-tonk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>
HDR helped here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"image\"<\/a>
One of Austin's many beer bars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"image\"<\/a>
Graffiti Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEC 4, 2015 – Just like Portland, Austin is known as one of the most progressive and open-minded cities in the US. The slogan “Keep Portland weird” applies here as well – I saw several “Keep Austin weird” signs, although I believe the idea came from Portland. Of the day and a half I spent…<\/span><\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}