Day 78 San Antonio, USA

Thursday 25th August 2005

25.8.05 35 °C

Another very enjoyable day and San Antonio is definately a place i would love to come back to.First up today was a trip to the Alamo but along we way we stumpled across a very nice Mexican style market so spent some time looking around that first.The we walked through the park before we arrived at the site of the Alamo.
It has a very historic past since being built in 1724 and what suprised me inside was flags from several countries including England,Scotland and Wales but then we were informed that this was because people from these countries come and helped the texans fight in the battle.
The battle itself was fought in 1836 and only lasted 13 days.This was when the Texans and other volunteers battled and lost to the Mexicans and even though the Mexicans won the battle the massacre served to unite the Texans and they then gained their independence.
After looking around the gardens and buildings the sun was getting unbearable so we headed in the Riverwalk shopping mall for a few hours and then went to see a film Wedding Crashers (very funny film) at the cinema.
By the end it had cooled down somewhat so we took a barge tour along the river and were told of some of the history behind it.
So after a few uneventful days previously Houston and San Antonio turned out to be very nice and enjoyable places to visit.

Mexican market