San Antonio
If you live in Texas, and you hear San Antonio, you think of The Alamo. (maybe even if you are NOT from Texas)
So here we are.
But it is still an iconic place.
The VFW hall
Me, in front of San Antonio, himself.
There is a statue of a Conquistador in front of the Governor's Mansion, which was probably never occupied by a governor, but was built in the 1740s, none the less.
We walked from our hotel (the Hotel Emma, in the old Pearl Brewery complex) to The Alamo, the Plaza de Armas, and then to lunch, at Mi Tierra.
Even if the remains of the heros of the battle are interred a couple of miles away at the San Fernando cathedral, across from the Bexar County Courthouse.
There is some good history in San Antonio, and we enjoyed it quite a bit.
It is called The Emma after the widow of the man who founded the Pearl Brewery. He was murdered by one of his two mistresses, both named Emma. And yes, that is correct, his wife was named Emma, too. No Emma was safe in San Antonio. Their signature cocktail is called The Three Emmas.
We had a good time.
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