Nine Louisville FF members recently returned from an exchange to Austin, Texas.  We all had a great time.  The weather was perfect, and we were treated royally by the Austin FF chapter. 

The first night there (Monday, 10/29) we attended Esther's Follies, an Austin entertainment institution.  It was a live performance centering on current political humor -- timely and very clever.  All the entertainers and the magician were terrific. 

The next day (Friday, 10/30) we toured Austin City Hall which has won awards for being "green" environmentally.  It was unbelievable and so politically correct and energy efficient.   We then visited the Texas State History Museum and learned all about the great state of Texas. 

On Halloween night (Saturday, 10/31) our hosts staged a lively Halloween Party, complete with costumes and great food at the home of one of their members.  A good time was had by all. 

The next day (Saturday, 11/01) most of us went to the Texas Book Festival, the largest of its kind and very informative. 

That evening we went to the Broken Spoke, an Austin honky-tonk dance hall.  Chris lived up to his resolve -- no two-stepping for him! 

The exchange formally ended (Sunday, 11/02) with a morning brunch at Threadgill's (where Janis Joplin got her start), complete with more Texas music. 

In our spare time most of us visited the LBJ Presidential Library and/or Westcave, an Austin nature preserve. 

FFLK members participating in this exchange were Sherry Farson, Karen Foreman, Chris Kinberger, Alice and George Moore, Pete and Mary Lou Peters, Margarette Perkins, and Jan Dostal. 

I think it is fair to say that we would all return to Austin and to the great FF people at our first opportunity.