Week Sixteen: Cultural

One of my close american friends, Steph, is from Fort Worth, Texas, and this weekend she was kind enough to invite us to stay with her.  I had such an idea in my head of what Texas would be like.  Hot of course, but also full of cowboys, ranch's, and cactus.  Thankfully Texas totally lived up to my expectations!


On Friday evening when we arrive Steph took us to Cowboy which was definitely one of the highlights of my trip! I was totally blown away by this street in the middle of a city which was full of cowboys and bikers, horses and bulls!  The road was cobbled and their where cowboy shops and saloons the whole way along it! I was totally awe struck to see a place like this actually existed, and wasn't just a far fetched idea!  We spend Friday evening walking around the shops and looking around the worlds largest Honky Tonk, where there was plenty of country music and line dancing!  This was definitely a night I would not forget!

The next day we drove around the modern day downtown of Fort Worth, where we got to do some shopping, and visit the beautiful Water Gardens in the middle of the city!  On a scorning hot day is was bliss to sit under the trees in the water gardens beside the beautiful water features.  It truly was an amazing site to see.


We also went to visit Fort Worth's beautiful Botanic Gardens, where we saw the usual rose gardens and beautiful trees and lakes, along with the very unusual cactus garden! Saturday was a wonderful relaxing day as we got to see some of the nature and man made sites of Fort Worth.


As always I was also very excited to try Texan food, and was pleasantly surprised when I tried Texan BBQ beef for the first time, as normally I'm not that fond of beef.  However this food was gorgeous, and was made even nicer by the old Texan restaurant we where eating in.





On Sunday we drove into Dallas and went for a walk around the city, I also got to see the spot where President JFK was shot, and the building where his assassin stood, which was really rather chilling.


As the weekend came to an end and we started the nine hour drive back to Oxford, and finals, I realised that I had eventually found the place that I want to move to, Fort Worth, Texas.