robbo and leeazaa’s travel adventures

We have spent the last couple days in San Antonio – to get out of Uncle Bob’s hair a bit 🙂 And tomorrow we will be heading up to Austin for another few days before joining Uncle Bob again in Kerrville for some more Texas fun.

Our hotel here in San Antonio is in a great location – walking distance to all the attractions. But it is on the wrong side of the tracks – literally. They supply earplugs next to the bible in the top bedside drawer because people often complain about the noise from the Amtrak station (train provider) across the street. Rob and I haven’t heard a peep from the trains though – must be because we are exhausted from walking around all day or perhaps it is from the hearing damage we suffered from the Wiley House Jam!

Texas is feeling the aftermath of Hurricane Eduardo at the moment, which makes for very hot/cloudy/humid conditions. Give us the dry heat of Las Vegas anyday!

The main attractions in San Antonio seem to be the Alamo and the RiverWalk. We spent today doing both.

The Alamo is an old building from the 1700’s which was part of a fortification during a last stand battle with the Mexicans in the 1800’s. After being outnumbered 200 Texans to an eventual 6000 Mexicans, the Texans were eventually overpowered and after a 13 day struggle and final 2 hour hand to hand battle everyone inside was either killed or executed. So, it is a bit of a shrine to American history and the bravery of some of the soldiers (Davy Crockett and co). They don’t allow photo’s inside…. but I managed to snap a few whilst the armed guards weren’t looking. Yes… armed guards called ‘Alamo Rangers’  guarding the shrine of liberty… only in Texas.

Rob out the front of the Alamo building

Me out the front of the Alamo

inside the fort is a big garden area

Next up was the River Walk which is right next door. It is a long river system – which is lined by overpriced restaurants ofcourse! It is actually quite picturesque and we opted to jump on one of the little tourist boat cruises to save some walking around.

rob on the river boat cruise

i am trying to copy the pose of the hooters girls (at rob's request)... i think i have to do more practice.

After that we headed up to Market Square – which we heard was a bit of a Mexican shopping area. After making the long walk in the sweltering sun, it wasn’t worth the effort at all. But we did stop in a little cafe where we grabbed a quick bite to eat.

rob eating his manly ceasar salad. this is about the 100th ceasar salad he has had in america.

my chicken sandwhich.. in croissant bread. when she asked if i wanted chips.. i didnt think she meant chips of this type :S

Leeane

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