I left Austin ( and all the bars&clubs with live music on 6 th street ) on tuesday and headed for Dallas. I stayed at a place called Irving right in between Dallas and Forth Worth for the rest of the week, because I just felt that I should'nt leave Texas without having seen a rodeo. I went to Forth Worth to see the Stockyards. Once an important stop on the Chisholm Trail (an old cattle-driving route) , this place keeps the western heritage alive with daily longhorn cattle drives, an old rail station, lot's of saloons and an old barn turned into a big honky tonk. I also went to Dallas to see Downtown and the 6th Floor Museum. Finally, friday came up and I headed for Mesquite, a suburb in the east of Dallas, to see the rodeo and it was really worth all the difficulties to get there ( and back) , althrough I can't understand why they let 4 year old children ride on sheeps going wild to entertain the crowd. I went to see another rodeo this afternoon in Fort Worth - the Cowboys of Colors Rodeo - and now I'm ready to leave for Chicago tomorrow.