My three friends from studying abroad and I wanted to meet up somewhere in the middle of the country, so we chose amazing Austin for a long weekend trip.

Katherine's house was perfect for us-- walkable to South Congress, not too far from the airport, and so clean! She even had bottled water waiting for us in the fridge, and coffee for the next morning! Her boyfriend was nice enough to let my friend who arrived an hour early get into the lovely air conditioning.

They left us maps and lists of great things to do around Austin, and gave wonderful advice in person when they dropped by to change a smoke detector battery (after so nicely asking if it was okay to come over first!)

We were all so grateful to have a nice place to stay, a host so willing to answer any questions, and be able to go explore Austin without renting a car. We would absolutely stay at Katherine's house again!