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Train Ride, Part III: Kitchen
Dec. 4th, 2007 07:11 pmAfter a couple of hours on the Hill Country Flyer you get to the lovely town of Burnet (accent on the first syllable, as in dad-BURN-it). And then you get a couple of hours in town. We walked to the furthest-away restaurant that sounded good. We came back via the riverwalk. Then we saw a building I took a liking to just because I had this idea in my head that the inside would be interesting.
When we got to the front of the building, it turned out to be an antique store which was open for business. I didn't actually look at any antiques, let alone prices. But I did get a good look at the inside of the house. And I was so right about it being interesting inside. It had creaky wooden floors. And every room was a different shape, like Victorian houses. I do think I wouldn't like to actually live in such a house; my fifties ranch house is much more utilitarian.
For example, the kitchen in this antique store is very cute but makes it easy to appreciate almost any kind of kitchen you already have. Perhaps if your kitchen is a hot pot in a dorm or a barbecue pit outside, then you might rather have this kitchen.
Overall I had a nice time and the weather and the company were very nice. I learned that R has decided to visit a new country every year for example. I learned that another person grew up with an outhouse, and she quit going to it after dark ever since the time she went to grab the string to turn on the light and instead grabbed an animal's tail. And I learned that C's mom would like to take a train into Mexico.
Overall, I feel similarly about this trip and the cruise. They are nice ways to travel, but it doesn't seem right to use all those resources just to go nowhere. Now if I had been just dying to have a little visit to Burnet, that would have been different. But mostly, there aren't many places you can get to by train around here.
Quote of the Day - "I prefer dancing. Ice skating is just me waiting for a trip to the hospital." - our hostess
When we got to the front of the building, it turned out to be an antique store which was open for business. I didn't actually look at any antiques, let alone prices. But I did get a good look at the inside of the house. And I was so right about it being interesting inside. It had creaky wooden floors. And every room was a different shape, like Victorian houses. I do think I wouldn't like to actually live in such a house; my fifties ranch house is much more utilitarian.
For example, the kitchen in this antique store is very cute but makes it easy to appreciate almost any kind of kitchen you already have. Perhaps if your kitchen is a hot pot in a dorm or a barbecue pit outside, then you might rather have this kitchen.
Overall I had a nice time and the weather and the company were very nice. I learned that R has decided to visit a new country every year for example. I learned that another person grew up with an outhouse, and she quit going to it after dark ever since the time she went to grab the string to turn on the light and instead grabbed an animal's tail. And I learned that C's mom would like to take a train into Mexico.
Overall, I feel similarly about this trip and the cruise. They are nice ways to travel, but it doesn't seem right to use all those resources just to go nowhere. Now if I had been just dying to have a little visit to Burnet, that would have been different. But mostly, there aren't many places you can get to by train around here.
Quote of the Day - "I prefer dancing. Ice skating is just me waiting for a trip to the hospital." - our hostess