Garretts and I in front of the Alamo.
Garrett on the River Walk
Garrett and I on the beautiful bridge
El Mercardo
The boys in El Mercado
Garrett and I dancing... also one of the seven weddings we saw/walked through that day
San Jose Mission
San Jose Mission
One of Garrett's senior pictures
Today was our trip to San Antonio and it was quite eventful. Garrett and I drove into Austin to pick up Garrett and the three of us hit the road for San Antonio. We started out the morning touring the Alamo, backwards. We heard about the history from some historic reenactment actors, read the timeline, visited the library and gift shop, took plenty of pictures, and walked through the shrine.
After the Alamo, we headed for the River Walk, which is lined with shops and restaurants and plenty of beautiful trees. We ate lunch in a delicious mexican restaurant where I was obsessed with the chipotle coleslaw. We walked the River Walk for the rest of the afternoon, taking pictures, watching the tourist taxis, and sweating in the heat. We ended up leaving the River Walk and headed to El Mercado, a loud, vibrant, hispanic market bursting with music and life. We wandered around looking at the different shops and watching old women dance to the salsa music.
We then headed back near the River Walk to a place called La Villita, a collection of small shops and art galleries that sold local art. It was probably one of my favorite parts of the day, and I found a birthday gift for the bestie there. We then walked to HemisFair park, the location of the 1968 World's Fair. We made it back to the car, hot and exhausted.
We drove out to the San Jose Mission, which was absolutely beautiful and so amazing to look at, but unfortunately it closed shortly after we got there. We got back onto the highway, intending to head back to Austin, but got sidetracked quite a few times. We stopped at Buc-ees, a giant convience store that we ended up spending close to half an hour in, just looking around. After Buc-ees, we stopped at a ginormous outlet mall, where we shopped for a few hours. We all left with a few shirts, hungry stomachs, and tired feet. We drove back to Austin where we stopped for dinner (at 9:30) at Pei Wei, the most amazing place ever. It's sort of like an asian version of noodles and company/panera. Plus they had this touch screen soda machine so I got raspberry/vanilla diet coke and it was freaking delicious. I was pretty bummed knowing that I wouldn't be able to go to Pei Wei back home.
After being gone for about 13 hours, we got back into the city, dropped Garrett off at his apartment, drove home, made some hot chocolate, and watched this movie. I was pretty tired and was glad to finally get to bed.
Currently listening to: My new favorite song
Currently reading: Pillars of the Earth
Currently sporting: Jamie's beautiful pink & lace dress from H&M
Favorite part of San Antonio: The cypress trees along the River Walk
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