Travel Blogs from San Antonio, United States
At the market
Midday temp: 24C We spent most of the day at the historic Market Square in downtown San Antonio. It's known as the largest Mexican marketplace north of the Rio Grande. If southern Texas is TexMex this market was all Mex. Greg and I thought we were back ...
Arrived to San Antonio
22:40 Arrived to the hotel. Very clean and spaceous room with a city view. I can also see the train I just got off:) 24:00 Too tired to get outside. Took shower and checked weather tomorrow. Seems like it will rain tomorrow morning. Did not bring any ...
San Antonio
I thought the 717 was teeny. Holy crap, the CRJ is a freakin' soda can! But the service was excellent and we even got our cookies. Midwest is now halfway to a 5 star. A little bumpy on approach and look at all the McMansions! ...
Day 18
Day 18 Up and out by 8 and went to explore the caves in Carlsbad. Then 9 hr drive to San Antonio, Got to watch some DVDS in the van today tho so it went fast-ish. Had to set up in the dark. Lads went out and the girls had a girlie night at camp ...
Breakfast before packing up to head to the airport
Breakfast before packing up to head to the airport. We go around looking for quick souvenirs, but the cold rain and wind is keeping everyone from the stores. Decide to head out ...
Travelling into the Future!
... the check in machines were working for us, and I got stopped at security, but still made my flight thank goodness. We fles from San Antonio to Houston, then Houston to LA, after a short layover in LA we changed airlines and flew from LA to Seoul, Korea. ...
Onward to Texas
... Antonio was pretty easy. We got a late start so by the time I hit Houston, the traffic was relatively light. I made it to San Antonio pretty late and basically just crashed after checking in. It took a couple of tries but I finally made it. The loops ...
AZ, NM, TX, LA, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ
... guys working for him. Name is Billy B Hoopper. Set the clock for in the morning and off to bed. Nov 15th-Monday--Off to San Antonio where we found a hotel online last night for less than the same with AAA discount!, and this one is right on the Riverwalk ...
The power of a song
... , but I'm sure we'll be back some day. We had an amazing time. The food was great, the people were very friendly, the San Antonio Riverwalk area was beautiful, the Alamo is so full of history you can feel it, and how many people can actually say ...
and smarter!!
Day 16 San Antonio Conference day 4 Up early - for us, an 8.30 start to see the closing of the conference. The main players thanked each other for their efforts, and that went for an hour or so then Mo Willems came on to close the conference. Very ...
and smarter
... our loot at the hotel, and did the ultimate tourist activity, the hop on hop off bus. Once out of the tourist precinct, San Antonio turns pretty ordinary pretty quickly, but I guess that's the same with any city. There were enough highlights to fill ...
Day Fifteen - Texas Cowboy Country
... handy. In any case, I sure was looking forward to having bacon with my eggs in the morning. Just The Facts, Please: Started from San Antonio, Texas at 10:38 am Temperature = 10 degrees C; sunshine Altitude = 193 m Odometer = 51, 420 km Stopped riding in ...
Soiree tranquille
Aujourd'hui, mercredi, dernier jour, la meteo est légèrement meilleure qu'hier. Ce soir, je ne vais pas au centre ville. Emilio, mon collegue, m'emmene au resto ! Le choix : un resto italien assez chic !! La soirée était très bonne et très ...
From New Orleans to San Antonio
... What should have taken us about 8 hours was now taking us 12 without stopping! We decided to rearrange our trip a bit and stay in San Antonio. Although a tad bitter, we stayed and enjoyed it. The only thing that was not so pleasant is the people. I KNOW! ...
Car Hire Ride - Texan Tour Continued...
... I will miss her. So i was driving back in my hire car which was a lovely sporty number i got a taxi back to San Antonio to my next place of accommodation The Historic Menger Hotel which takes up an entire block in a historic city. Arriving ...
Greyhound Bus 4 - Half Way There
Half way through my tour of America, part of me was kind of happy i only have 16 more days not because i want to go home but i do miss my home comforts, my peace and quiet and my bed. I have seen quite a few strange things on my travels; a couple ...
Crunch time.... let's pack
All right with only a few days left until we embark... it is definitely time to get packing!!!! I have a list as long as my arm of things I have to get done... READY SET GO!!!!! Need to finalize what we will be doing, pay for any ...
Day 9 - Little boxes on the hillside
... sausage; beans, potato and fresh coleslaw, followed by pecan pie with ice cream. Food baby triplets!! We continued forth to San Antonio – a city famous for its River Walk. Arriving at a Travellers World RV Park, we were pleasantly surprised to find ...
From San Antonio to Ct
Woke up early at 6 AM. Ate breakfast in he hotel. The morning sun was blinding ,hard to drive in the expressway. Drove to Houston.It took 4 hours. Ate a take out lunch of chicken in pita from Jack in the Box Restaurant.. The plane flew from Houston to ...
friends arrived
DAY 15- It has been a red letter day for more than one reason. First of all, this blog is for today, so I am now officially caught up! Secondly, John and Sandy arrived today from Houston, so now we can ...
Remembering and Visiting the Alamo
... and take back the land they had already occupied. The grounds cover 4.2 acres and are a shady retreat from the relentless San Antonio sun. The famous building in the complex is the church. It is really quite small but with a lovely, ...
Mid Month Update
Ok, so I think vacation time is over, had a awesome week just hanging out.....went to the Alamo (never been) and that was cool to walk around and learn a little about Texas history. And then it was a very short walk to the rivierwalk, we took a 30 minute ...
San Antonio!!!
... by about 1:00pm, after getting turned around on the highways and their one way "frontage" roads (which are outer roads). Driving around San Antonio was a lot of fun and it was a HUGE city. Very spread out, and not a lot of skyscrapers. ...
sur la route texane
Une autre belle petite journée sur la route...pas trop long cette fois...de Houston à San Antonio....c'était brumeux ce matin au réveil mais aussitôt partis le ciel s'est éclairci et on a eu un magnifique soleil avec 22 degrés...wow....nous ...

