Three Women and The Truth ...

... and the truth is that it is three women who have lured us back to Austin, Texas, for the start of another of our 'major retirement adventures'.   We have several times been to see each of the three women in question - Mary Gauthier, Eliza Gilkyson, and Gretchen Peters, all truly great singer-songwriters in their own right - when they've been touring in the UK with their own bands.   We've long known that they occasionally gig together under the title of Three Women and the Truth, and have been waiting for several years to see them together.   Seems, though, that they can never organise time in their busy schedules to gig together anywhere outside of their home country - they're residents in Nashville (Mary and Gretchen) and Austin (Eliza).   So when, earlier this year, we saw that they were gigging in Austin this coming Sunday (23 September), we decided to stop waiting and just go for it.

So, on Tuesday (18th Sept), we flew out on a direct flight from Gatwick to Austin, courtesy of Norwegian Airlines and their wonderful Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane (we can recommend it, y'all), and are now happily ensconced in our quirky/artsy/slightly bonkers Airbnb accommodation, just slightly south of the Colorado River, within walking distance of downtown Austin just across the bridge.

 Already, our host, Veronica (who matches pretty well the descriptive words we've used for the property itself!), has invited us to join her, her partner and some friends, at a little jazz cafe on Wed evening.   That sounds like fun.   We've also already heard from our Austin-based singer/songwriter friends, Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin, who've invited us for cocktails and dinner at their house on Thurs evening, when we'll have a chance to re-acquaint ourselves with their just 2 years-old daughter, Maisy Rae.   How great is all that?!   And how lucky are we?!

Our Airbnb Place in Austin

Talking of Danny and Carrie, we had a really spooky coincidence within minutes of our arrival here in Austin.   Our Quadrangle next-door neighbour, Becca, posted us a photo of her Uncle Mike (a music promoter in the UK whom we've never met) together with Carrie, whom he'd 'bumped into' at the Americanah festival just this past weekend!   How coincidental was that?!   We hadn't even known that they knew each other (why should we really?).   However - and, sorry about all the exclamation marks - but OMG! 

Outside Our Airbnb Place