Day in the life in Fort Worth

First we headed to the stock yard district just outside the city and had a look around. Although it is really a centre for trading in cattle, horses and other farm animals, it is build like an old western town with lots of craft shops and similar topical services. Much like places like the heritage market in Hillcrest except with a ranch/cow boy theme.

We returned to the transport centre and then headed off to the "cultural centre" district. We went into the botanical gardens and had a look. Then we went in search of a museum or two. We discovered that the science and history museum has just been shut recently for rebuilding and is only going to open again in 2 years time! In the end we didn't actually find much in the way of culture in that district.

We returned to the city and made our way to the city centre to find a resturant to get dinner. After eating we walked around a bit before returning to the transport centre to catch our bus back to the hotel.

Now the city and surrounds are exceptionally clean and tidy. One really feels at home here however...where are the people? The botanical gardens were pretty much deserted. You wouldn't find that in Durban at any time of day. The city centre at 5pm was very quiet. There wasn't much traffic, very few pedestrians. We wondered where all the workers were. Strange indeed, definitely nothing hectic about life here. If anything somewhat dull. It actually isn't a very large city - you can walk from one end of the downtown region to the other in about 15 minutes.

written by  Candi&Damian on September 5, 2007 from Fort Worth, United States
from the travel blog: Candy and Damian USA Aug/Sept 2007
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