howdy y'all my name is aranita the linga and here I'm in Austin Texas do you like my cowboy hat I just did a country accent did you guys like it in today's video I will teach you guys English here in Texas and we will be visiting different cities like Austin San Antonio Dallas and Houston and right now I'm in the middle of the street on Congress Avenue and behind me is the state capital building in Austin Texas let's go check it out you can't visit Austin without seeing the Texas state capital building now the words
capital and capital might be confusing so let's clarify Capital that ends with an a refers to a city where the government is located for example the capital of the United States is Washington DC and the capital of Texas is Austin and the other word Capital that ends with an O is the building where the government works it's where the laws are made so here at the Texas state capital building is where laws are made and did you guys know that here in Texas they have a saying that says everything is bigger here and yes it's
true the Texas state capital is actually the largest state capital building in the United States with over 360,000 Square ft and it's even taller than the US capital building in Washington DC it's 14 ft taller and the best part is you don't have to pay a fee to enter the capital building it's completely free and once you're in inside you can visit the huge room where the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives meet now let's check out an iconic Bridge here in Austin Texas with a beautiful view first up we have the pennybacker bridge
but the locals here call it the 360 bridge because of the highway number and it's known for the beautiful views of the lake and the scenery so how did I get up here well actually it was pretty easy so before crossing the bridge beside the high way they actually have some parking spots so I parked my car there and then I had to walk up a huge hill and it took around 3 minutes and then I finally got to the top let me know Down Below in the comments if you think the view is worth
it after coming down from the very top of the hill there's actually a tent over there selling fruits juices and coconuts and I was a little bit thirsty so I grabbed some pineapple juice and this is so refreshing now it's time to head back to downtown Austin and check out some really cool places now we're back in downtown Austin and it's pretty big Believe It or Not Austin is the same size as New York City but its population is different in downtown Austin there's around a million people living here but in New York there's over
19 million people living there did you know that Austin is home to the largest back colony in North America well here under the Congress Avenue Bridge 1.5 million bats will live here during the Spring and summertime and then in the evening when the sun sets you will see them fly away right now we're in winter so we don't see any bats right now but if you're here during the springtime or during the summer you have to come here to check it out right now it's around 5:00 and the Sun is starting to set so it's
starting to go down and I want to show you guys a great place to watch the sunset it's at Lake Travis and the place is called The Oasis I'm at the Oasis is this restaurant is located 450 ft above Lake Travis it's literally on a cliff one unique tradition here at the restaurant is something called lovers locks look at all of these locks here on the railing now what happens if you don't have a padlock well at the restaurant right next to it there's actually a gift shop where you can buy a padlock like this
one in the shape of a heart and they have many different colors and then you can write your name on it and your partner's name name on it and then hang it up on the railing the Oasis is the largest outdoor restaurant here in Austin Texas and as you can see there are around four to five levels where you can sit down and relax but right now since we're in the middle of winter not many people are outside one thing that I really enjoy is the view it's so beautiful it's a view of Lake Travis
and a lot of people come here to watch the sunset this place is actually called the sunset capital of Texas because this place has a beautiful view of the sunset and now it's time to check out a different city so let's head on over to San Antonio one of the most popular spots here in San Antonio is the Riverwalk as you can see people are going along the San Antonio River on a boat you can stroll along the river and check out some cool restaurants and cafes here and by the way the verb to stroll
means to walk casually walk slowly and just enjoy the scenery if you thought San Antonio was a small City it's actually not San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas and the seventh largest city in the United States and they also have the largest Dia de smto Celebration Day of the Dead celebration outside of Mexico what you'll quickly notice is a really strong mexican influence here especially in the food and the language it's cool because even though we're in the US you'll hear a lot of Spanish being spoken it's a reminder that Texas used
to be part of Mexico some ways to go around San Antonio Texas is by walking around the city you can drive a car or you can go on a horse ride and a horse carriage hi how much does it cost to go on a horse carriage it's $65 for two people for about 20 25 minutes around downtown and where will we stop typically come back here where we we picked you up but we'll go around the Riverwalk we'll go around Travis Park we'll show you some of the iconic buildings around okay thank you so much
another must in San Antonio Texas is the Alamo did you know here they had a battle the Alamo was a battle fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico in February of 1836 up until March of 1836 and actually Mexico won that battle and here you can see a couple years later in 1845 that Texas became a US state another thing you can do here in San Antonio is go on a boat ride on the San Antonio River it costs around $15 and you'll take a whole tour a 35 minute tour and the tour guide
will show you different parts of the city the day is almost over but we're not done with this video yet let's head to the next city all right everybody right now I'm in Houston Texas when you hear the word Houston what comes to mind Houston we have a problem Houston we have a problem is a famous quote from the Apollo 13 space mission what did you do nothing I stirred the TX whoa uh this is Houston uh say again please Houston we have a problem Houston is also known as Space City because here they have
the Houston Space Center I can't wait to go inside and my ticket cost me $30 let's go here you can see real spacecrafts learn about different astronauts and also see the control center where they monitor space missions did you know the first word on the moon to NASA was Houston yes it's the city where I'm visiting right now Houston Texas astronaut Neil Armstrong said Houston Tranquility base here hon Tranquility base here the eagle has landed talking about the moon have you guys ever heard of the idiom or expression once in a blue moon well this
actually means it happens very rarely or doesn't happen a lot for example I go to the movies once in a blue moon and this just means I go to the movies very rarely or not often when you're at the Space Center you can hop on a tram tour and check out the Astronaut training facility that's where astronauts are learning working and getting ready to train before they head up to the space station or even go to the moon and did you know astronauts spend hours training underwater to prepare for spacewalks after the Space Center you've
got to see the water wall Park in Houston it's this massive 64- ft fountain with 11,000 gallons of water pouring down it every minute after walking around all day I stopped by Houston's famous food Hall the post to grab something to eat it's huge because it was originally a major post office in Downtown Houston then I popped in to the Astros team store to see if they had any cool baseball jerseys Astros is Houston's baseball team and they use space city as a nickname which makes sense since Houston is home to NASA then I went
to the Galleria which is a shopping mall that has hundreds of stores restaurants and even an ice skating rink after visiting the Space Center and multiple places here in Houston Texas now it's time to go to Dallas the last City so I think I might take the metro or the bus but I think it'll be faster if we go on a rocket let's go you might picture Cowboys and horses since we're in Texas but I'm actually in another city called Dallas Texas and here the city is beautiful it's modern the buildings are very tall and
the streets are pretty busy right now I'm in a plaza called Pioneer Plaza and here you see a bunch of cattle and Bulls all around me wow look at this humongous Bull and look this bull has horns he has a head a huge body and a long tail this is a great spot to take pictures here in this beautiful Plaza now let's go to another Plaza to visit a memorial where a tragic event has occurred some famous movies were filmed in Downtown Dallas some like prison break and JFK but why JFK unfortunately the 35th President
of the United States JFK or John F Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd of 1963 he was actually shot in Downtown Dallas literally 200 yard from this exact spot so behind me they have a beautiful concrete Memorial to remember the President JFK they say everything is bigger here in Texas and it's true like I said earlier it's the second largest state in the United States and and one of the widest freeways in the world runs right through Houston Texas I'm talking about the Katy freeway it's actually the widest highway in the United States there's even
a high five interchange outside of Dallas where you're literally going to be driving up 11 stories up in the air so yeah getting around Texas without a car is basically impossible you'll probably be spending a lot of time behind the wheel which reminds me did you guys know that in the driver's seat is an idiom it means to take charge in something or be in control of something speaking of being in the driver's seat how are you all taking charge in English are you learning new phrases every day are you speaking to new people well
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video now let's get back on the road before driving to the next city I've been driving a lot I visited three cities and I need to get some gas so I'm going to stop at a gas station but an ordinary gas station I'm going to go to the most iconic gas station here in Texas bies is a super popular gas station and convenience store in Texas you'll never struggle to find a pump because they usually have 80 to 100 gas pumps at each location making it quick and easy to get gas Texas has one of
the cheapest gas prices in the United States I'm paying $257 per gallon but in Cincinnati I'd probably pay up to4 $ per gallon by the way if you guys haven't checked out my video about gas station vocabulary go ahead and check it out the nice thing about coming here to bies is that meanwhile you're pumping gas you can go inside the huge store bies is famous for being huge it's way bigger than your average gas station convenience store plus they sell amazing southern style food like pulled pork brisket sandwiches beef jerky and especially their fudge
and they even have their own mascot Bucky the beaver this is a great place to stop especially if you want to pump your gas now let's hit the road our very last city is close to Dallas it's about a 30 minute drive from Dallas and it's called Fort Worth if you visit fort Texas you definitely have to come to this place called Fort Worth Stockyards it literally feels like I'm in a western movie I feel like a cowgirl Yeehaw Fort Worth is called Cow Town because a really long time ago Cowboys used to move large
groups of cows from one place to another a cowboy or cowgirl is someone who works on a ranch which is like a big farm with lots of animals Cowboys spend most of their time taking care of cows riding horses and working Outdoors hi can you tell me what a cowboy or cowgirl normally wears okay so we always have to have the cowboy hat the shirt the jeans and the boots Cowboys and cowg girls wear a special type of clothing called Western Wear this includes things like a cowboy hat jeans a long sleeve shirt or t-shirt
a belt with a huge buckle and cowboy boots in this town Fort Worth a lot of shops sell Western attire or western clothing clothing to dress up like a cowboy or cowgirl hi this is my first time in Fort Worth Texas so how can I buy a cowboy hat and what is the process like starting off you want to pick a hat that fits right and we'll measure your head to see which size would be perfect for you after that we go on the color selection see what we have in stock if you wanted to
go something more neutral we can get you in something like my silver belly or if you wanted to go something more formal we could do a black hat and any other of our crazy colors we have but once we've got that situated we go on to getting it fitted for you we take two tools one's called a conator we' pull it over your head and it makes a measurement of your head of the 1 16 scale and we're going to take that measurement and put in another tool called the formon formon takes that measurement and
brings it to a one to1 scale and as we're building that hat we'll steam it inside of here to make it fit perfectly to your head after that we continue constructing the hat to how you want it how high up you want it or how the crown you want done and then after that you're good to go and then how much does a cowboy hat cost starting out it's going to be about 300 to 389 for entry level hats and then going up from there depending on the quality and different types of material like beaver
and rabbit hair the combination and the uh percentage of each in the Hat that's where the prices vary but starting at it's about 300 you can also go to a rodeo show where cowboys and cowgirls will show off their skills and it's a big competition Cowboys and cowg girls will do things like ride bulls and horses rope cattle and Barrel race right now I'm inside this huge Coliseum where they will have RI Rodeo shows they are super fun and I've actually been to one rodeo show and I highly recommend it you can also take a
picture on top of a bull yes that sounds pretty scary but it's actually not it only takes around 45 seconds to a minute and it costs $10 here $10 per person you just sit there and take pictures 5 Seconds to a minute okay everybody I hope y'all enjoyed this video Woo where did that come from I think I have a country accent from being in Texas for really long time if you guys enjoyed this video let me know your favorite part and give me a like subscribe and I'll see you guys next week bye
