San Antonio Trip

I've been busy, I know, but sometimes we just need to get away. And my hubby and I did just that. We headed for San Antonio last weekend. Neither of us have been and we heard wonderful things about San Antonio so we drove out Friday afternoon.

What I liked about San Antonio first was the historic feel to the city. Unlike many cities these days, there’s no historic feel to them. I don’t know why, but many cities feel the need to tear down the old and replace with the new. San Antonio still had many old buildings and that brought some wonderful feelings to both Ray and I.

We stayed at the St. Anthony Wyndham near the Riverwalk. A charming, historic hotel. Built in 1909 the hotel was positioned as one of the most modern hotels ever created and being the first hotel to provide air conditioning. It’s also haunted. Although Ray and I didn’t see anything, but Ray said he heard a thump in the night. Nothing showed up in my pictures of the place, either. I was hoping for some orbs!

The details in this hotel’s lobby were gorgeous. Even the old chandelier.

Check out this old faucet!


And really, the only thing eerie were the hallways – they seem to go on for ever . . .


Kind of reminds me of those horror movies. The ones where the lights at the end start shutting off one by one and you need to run away just to stay in the light!

Friday night we headed over to the Riverwalk. It was rather quiet and not too many people. A beautiful place at night.








After walking around we worked up an appitite and headed over the Historic Market Square for dinner. We ate at La Margarita. They sat us at a corner table outside since the weather was absolutely perfect! We had 2 wonderful waiters, Francisco and Benito, who took fantastic care of us. They gave us a free appetizer and dessert.




And the Margaritas were delicious!


After dinner we stepped inside the few stores that were still opened. Very colorful items inside.




Saturday morning we walked over to the Alamo. For some reason it seems funny that this is in the middle of downtown. Then again, it was the perfect place for it. Picture taking is not allowed inside the Alamo, but grabbed a few around the grounds.








We then went back to the Riverwalk to check out the area in the daytime. Very different atmosphere. Loads of people later in the day. All the restaurants were packed with long lines. Way too many people for me.

Ray and I took one of the riverboat rides. We thought we’d do this instead of spending an entire day trying to walk around every single avenue of this walk.








Walking around town we came across this old church. It’s the San Fernando Catherdral where Davy Crockett’s remains are, along with Travis and Bowie. Quite small compared to several other Catherdrals we’ve visited from time to time on our travels.








Ending back at the Historic Market Square to check out their shops. While there, a group of dancers were doing the Mexican Hat Dance. Pretty neat.








We spent 2 hours walking around before we decided to drive over to Fredericksburg to have dinner. It’s about an hour and a half away from San Antonio. We’ve been wanting to go here and heard they had some great German restaurants. Turns out there’s really only one authentic German restaurant here, Der Lindenbaum. Very good. Lots of nice little quaint shops and the people were wonderful.


What I particularly enjoyed about this trip was driving over HILLS in Texas! What a treat. Makes me realize how much I miss driving the hills and mountains in California!

When we returned to San Antonio, we went back to the Riverwalk for a drink. We heard some music around the corner on the walk and headed over. Found a spot in the crowd and enjoyed some Irish music. The band playing was called Solis.
Beautiful music!

And before we called it a night, I had to get a shot of the Alamo all lit up.