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    • Day 8

      The Alamo og Lang gåtur på River Walk

      June 25, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Vi sov til kl 7💪🏼 lang indflyvning til dagens bedrifter. Vi spiste havregryn af en kop😉 Af sted kl. 8.45. Vi så The Alamo. Og sangen “Davy Crockett” af Preben Uglebjerg fra 1956, som jeg tror jeg har hørt hos Oldemor på en gamle pladespiller, fik en helt ny betydning🤠🌵
      Derefter ca. 10 km frem og tilbage langs River Walk. Vi kom frem til et hyggeligt sted helt tilfældigt. Her spiste vi en sandwich og drak meget vand, is te og lemonade😅 Der er for sindssygt varmt, selv Dennis må indrømme det er vildt. Vi måtte hjem på hotellet og køle ned. Så afslapning fra 14-16. Så ned og handle noget vand/sodavand, så var det bare blevet endnu værre med varmen, så vi svedet igennem endnu engang. Vi mødte en del hjemløse, det er ikke så rart. En spurgte om hun måtte få noget af vores vand(vi havde købt en gallon) Det fik hun naturligvis.
      Jeg har dejlig soleksem på begge ben - især lår🙄 jeg må heller holde mig inde i morgen.
      Afsted til aftensmad og Mexicaner mad. Vi tog lige alle vores tomme vandflasker - fyldte dem med vand og isterninger og stillede dem ved en hjemløs der sov med hendes 2 hunde.
      Vi ventede 40 minutter i heden🥵 (fordi vi ville sidde indenfor) på et bord på en populær og billig restaurant - det var god mad🌮🌽🌶️🥑🧀🌮 Hjem igen - solen var heldigvis gået ned. Men det føltes forsat som en stor føntørre. Den hjemløse dame var vågnet og fået selvskab af nogle venner. De bad om vand, vi sagde at det var os der havde givet dem vand. Så undskyldte de og sagde mange tak. Stakkels mennesker😒
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    • Day 20

      San Antonio, TX

      August 11, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 31 °C

      Die Fahrt war klasse. Manno, ich liebe US-Autobahnen! Man darf links und rechts überholen, hat freie Fahrstreifenwahl, in einer 70er Zone fahren alle mal generell 80+ (Meilen!), das Drängeln fällt weg und der Sprit ist so viel billiger.
      San Antonio ist ja eine geniale Stadt! Der 1968 erbaute und bis jetzt noch zweitgrößte Aussichtsturm der USA, "Tower of the Americas", ist 228,6m hoch und bietet einen super Ausblick über die ganze Stadt und deren Umgebung.
      Das 4D-Kinoerlebnis war genial! Neben dem perfekten 3D-Effekt, wurde man auch mit den Sitzen richtig durchgerüttelt, mit Luft angeblasen und mit Wasser bespritzt, ein einmaliges Erlebnis!
      Bei der Bootstour am "River Walk" haben wir uns fast in diesen Teil der Stadt verliebt. Der Tourguide Cliff hat mit viel Humor über die Geschichte und momentane Situation der Stadt erzählt.
      Dann lecker (und gesund) Essen bei Chipotle, ein kurzer Besuch beim Heiligen Antonio und bei "Alamo", einer historischen Missions- und Festungsanlage aus dem 18. Jhd. (einige Europäer werden hier über "historisch" lachen...).
      Eine Frau muss hier tatsächlich ein Einhorn gefangen haben, um es jetzt zum Kutschenziehen zu verwenden (siehe Bild).
      Zimmer ist ok, Wetter ist unerwartet super erträglich, weil nicht so feucht!
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    • Day 166

      San Antonio • TX - USA

      September 14, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

      👁️ River Walk
      👁️ Morgan`s Wonderland
      👁️ San Antonio Museum of Art
      👁️ Briscoe Western Art Museum
      👁️ Mission San Jose Church Parish Offices
      .....and much more.....

      🚍 Six Flags Fiesta Texas

    • Day 60

      Day 60 - The Alamo

      June 20, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 32 °C

      I woke up at 8.30am & Jackie was still asleep. The room couldn’t have been that bad! Jackie woke up at 9.00 & alleged she had been up all night & was bitten by bedbugs.

      We got ready quickly & vacated our room in record time & loaded up the car. Now, the big advantage of choosing location over cleanliness is that we were able to take a short walk to The Alamo. Car parks were charging $10 & $15 to park nearby!

      Despite my fear, we were able to purchase an audio tour for $7 each. We then headed in & listened to the 26 audio segments as we walked through the church & grounds of The Alamo. It is always a slightly surreal feeling, standing in the spot where such a momentous historical event took place.

      I’m embarrassed to say the I had forgotten that Davy Crockett was killed at The Alamo. Colonel Travis, Crockett & 183 other US soldiers were attacked by a Mexican Army of 2,500 fighters. The US soldiers bravely defended The Alamo for 13 days, but on 6th March 1836, the Mexican Army overran them & killed every US soldier. (The story is told much better in my Song of the Day, well it would have done, it was The Ballad of the Alamo by Marti Robbins, but Jackie made me change it). It is quite a sobering, yet inspiring series of events.

      We returned to Doodle & headed out, but took a brief diversion to drive past San Fernando De Bexar Cathedral & the Spanish Governor’s Palace. I pulled over in the bus lane & managed to upset one bus driver, not once, but twice!

      We then picked up & headed out on Interstate 10 towards El Paso, oh no! Fortunately we turned off at a very quaint town called Comfort established by German Freethinkers. We had lunch in ‘comfort’ in a cafe called Highs. I had a meaty ciabatta & Jackie had a salmon bagel, which she got about half the way through. The town had several award winning wineries, but it was a bit too early for that.

      We continued on to Kerrville & had a stroll along a ‘natural’ river walk. The Guadalupe River flows through Kerrville & following a great flood in the 1930s, Tranquility Island was created. We walked to Tranquility Island & back. Kids supervised by their parents were swimming in the river. Kerrville had been recommended to us by Kelly at Marathon.

      After driving through the Historic District, we headed north towards Fredericksburg on the Texas 16. A couple of miles out of Kerrville, we turned off for one of my funny little stops, The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden. Apart from the huge empty cross, the rest of the grounds appeared to be boarded up.

      We continued to Fredericksburg, a place we had been recommended by the couple we met at the busy frozen custard shop in St. George, Utah. We fell in love with Fredericksburg the moment we arrived. Jackie had identified 2 quite expensive hotels for us to look at. One was full, so we went to the other, the Fredericksburg Inn & Suites, which had a nice pool. It was just after 3.00pm & when we asked for a room, the receptionist quoted $159: we settled on $129, pool view etc etc.

      We took advantage of the free soft drinks, water, & spent over 3 hours in the sun at the pool. I had not applied enough face cream throughout the day & was looking like Simon Weston! After getting ready to go down town, Jackie insisted the she powder my face. I looked like the ‘Tin Man’ in the Wizard of Oz.

      With the powder rubbed in we hit downtown Fredericksburg. It was fantastic, Main Street was full of bars & restaurants playing live music. After walking up & down, we settled on El Milagro 20/12, which had a decent live band, Kemosahbee (various spellings) which is a term of endearment for the Lone Ranger’s sidekick, Tonto.

      We had a couple of beers & shared a plate of Buffalo Wings. At 10.00pm, we tipped the band, who were very grateful & wanted to shake our hands, particularly because we were from England. Back at our super clean hotel, we had a wine outside, I got bitten on my ankle & we retreated indoors.

      Song of the Day - Remember the Alamo by Johnny Cash.

      Bonus Song of the Day :-

      Ballad of the Alamo by Marty Robbins
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    • Day 38

      San Antonio, Texas

      December 16, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      Unsere Betten wurden nicht unterfahrbar gemacht für Brians Lifter. Der Receptionguy gab dafür alles. Da niemand mehr vom Hausdienst da war, schleppte er Ziegelsteine an für unter das Bett. Er und ich hatten danach unser Fitness gemacht (Bettunterteil entfernen, Bett hochheben, Steine darunterlegen, das 2 . Bett an die Wand hochstellen, da wir kaum Platz hatten im Zimmer etc.).
      Nach Riverwalk in Weihnachtsbeleuchtung, Besuch einer katholischen Kirche (wo wir gleich eine Trauung miterlebten), Shopping in einer riesigen Mall und Kinobesuch im regnerischen Wetter gehts morgen, Montag, den 18.12 weiter nach El Paso. Die längste Autofahrt bis jetzt mit 8 Stunden, deshalb gehts morgen früh los.
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    • Day 106

      San Antonio

      December 1, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Nous avons officiellement passé une de nos plus mauvaises nuits! Vers 2h du matin, on se lève et décide de changer de place à cause du bruit mais la chaleur n'aidait pas non plus! On se déménage dans un Walmart plus éloigné du centre-ville. On y dort paisiblement jusqu'à 8h! Au moins la nuit s'est bien terminé! On part ensuite explorer la ville en commençant par un parc situé tout autour d'une rivière dans le centre-ville. Ça a des airs de Venise mais à l'américaine! Ici on est autour du canal, au niveau de l'eau, avec des restaurants et boutiques tout le tour. On peut aussi faire un tour de bateau, qui est comme un taxi touristique en fait, sur l'eau. Nous ne faisons pas de bateau mais on se balade pas mal tout le long du canal une bonne sortie de l'après-midi! On y dîne aussi dans un resto tex-mex, au bord de l'eau. Vraiment chouette comme endroit!

      On marche plus loin et on remonte au niveau de la rue pour aller voir une cathédrale espagnole. Il y a semble-t-il un spectacle son et lumière aussi à cet endroit en soirée... On va ensuite dans un petit cartier artistique près de là. Encore là, on y trouve des boutiques et petits restaurants mais tout est vraiment dans la thématique artisans. Nous j'y restons pas longtemps. Nous avons un dernier arrêt avant de reprendre la route : The Alamo. C'est un bâtiment construit par les espagnols et qui est très marquant dans l'histoire américaine car c'est ici que s'est déroulé un des derniers chapitres dans la fierté avec les mexicains. Les troupes mexicaines y ont attaqué avec cruauté les américains, ce qui motiva par la suite nombre de personnes à rejoindre les troupes texanes, ce qui leur permis de battre les mexicains par la suite. Plutôt intéressant, et bondé de monde il va s'en dire!! Nous allons ensuite voir un autre secteur qui s'appelle Pearl District. C'est un nouveau cartier branché qu'ils ont créé un peu plus au nord, toujours près du canal. Nous déplaçons donc notre véhicule et allons faire une balade dans ce cartier. Ici, c'est nettement plus branché comme endroit mais toujours aussi plaisant! Tout est construit autour d'une ancienne brasserie, laquelle a été la plus grosse du Texas a un certain moment. Elle a plus tard été rachetée par Pabst qui l'a ensuite fermée. Le tout a évolué et on a conservé le style industriel des bâtiments et créé des espaces extérieurs. C'est vraiment familial comme endroit. A la place centrale, on trouve pleins de gens qui relaxent dans le parc, bière a la main avec les enfants qui jouent autour. Parfait pour nous! On va donc chercher une bière et on se promène, question de se laisser imprégner par l'atmosphère. On fait quelques les boutiques. Nous allons ensuite marcher au niveau de la rivière. C'est une ambiance plaisir relaxe et moins bondée qu'au centre-ville. Nous marchons un peu, au son de chants de Noël qui retentissent de temps à autre, puis on revient au camper pour se diriger vers un restaurant mexicain. Le resto est super grand, full ambiance, et ouvert 24 heures! Les mariachis se promènent de table en table pendant que nous mangeons nos délicieux repas mexicains. Très réussi comme resto. On comprend pourquoi il y a autant de monde!!

      En sortant du resto, il nous reste un peu d'énergie. Nous sommes près de la cathédrale que nous avons vu plus tôt alors on décide d'aller la voir de soir, avec l'éclairage. À notre arrivée, le spectacle de son et lumière commence! Pas pire chanceux! On y reste donc le temps de voir une partie de la projection. La cathédrale s'illumine et s'anime avec des images qui relatent l'histoire de la ville, Alamo et tout. Le son n'est pas excellent alors un peu dur de suivre et de tout comprendre mais ça reste beau à voir! On marche ensuite un peu au bord du canal qui es tout illuminé, tout comme les bateaux qui passent. C'est vraiment enchanteur tout ça. Ça met un peu dans l'ambiance de Noël avec ces lumières et la musique qui joue sur certains bateaux. Il ne manque que la neige mais ça attendra!

      De retour au camper, on se dirige vers notre stationnement pour la nuit. C'est bien mérité aujourd'hui, on a fait une grosse journée, surtout pour du monde qui a mal dormi!!
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    • Day 59

      The River Walk - San Antonio, TX

      April 18, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      After dinner stroll round The River Walk in downtown San Antonio. The place was buzzing with people eating, drinking and shopping on the side of the river. Amazing huge trees lined the river and boats that looked like colourful landing craft cruised round. Bronze statue if of a longhorn cattle drive. Mariachi bands were playing outside a couple of the restaurants. Thanks Ernie and Pat Corbello for telling us about this.Read more

    • Day 67

      Day 67 - Come And Take It!

      November 13, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Where we were staying in San Antonio was close enough to take a bus into downtown. We are staying in an Airbnb which is a tailor made flat above a double garage. It has everything we could need and is nice and cozy.

      On arrival in downtown we had a quick look in the Riverwalk Mall and then had Italian for lunch. We both had a pizza that set us up for the rest of the day. We sat outside during lunch and had a pleasant view of the riverwalk whilst the strong Texan sun reflected off the river's surface. The river dominates the city and has had a great deal of work on either bank to accommodate shops, restaurants and shaded seating areas. There is even a theatre, with the stage on one side of the river and the tiered seating area on the other. A really cool idea and it would be great to see a small production here. We went for a brief walk along the river and both Alice and I thought it had been constructed and maintained in good taste with plenty of information boards to remind the stroller of the area's rich history.

      Speaking of which, our first activity of the day was to visit the Alamo. It was at this one time Spanish Mission that a thirteen day siege took place during the Texas Revolution. 'Come and take it!' was a slogan used on flags raised during the siege and we walked around the mission and the adjoining museum to find out more. Alice and I were glad to have seen this important site for Texans and learn about the role of Spain in the development of modern North America.

      The sun was not letting up and so we continued our riverwalk under the shaded trees. It was still early and we decided on going to the cinema. I had wanted to see Dr. Strange and the timing for a 3D IMAX showing was perfect. Neither of us are big fans of 3D, however, the psychedelic imagery of this movie actually gives 3D a reason to exist. One moment the characters are talking and the next they are in a parallel world where buildings are bending over and the characters are running upside down. We both enjoyed the movie and we were given posters due to it being an IMAX movie. More goodies for the memento bag!

      It was dark by the time we left the cinema and it was time for a spin on our earlier riverwalk, a riverwalk in the dark! We had noticed lights around trees earlier and had hoped they were lit for a romantic evening stroll. Unfortunately they weren't, but our stroll was romantic none the less. After a while we realised we still weren't really hungry from all the popcorn and sweets we ate at the movies and so we grabbed quick light meals and headed home.

      Song of the Day:
      Johnny Cash - The Road to the Alamo
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    • Day 136

      The Riverwalk of San Antonio

      May 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Als wir die Türen zu unserem​ Airbnb öffneten waren wir schon gespannt in wie fern die Beschreibung passte. Wir wurden nicht enttäuscht und fanden das Haus edel eingerichtet, mitsamt den freien Getränken im Kühlschrank. Wenn das Mal kein überzeugender Start für eine Stadt ist...

      Am nächsten Tag zogen wir dann los die Stadt zu erkunden. Diese ist für zwei Dinge bekannt: Zum einen das Alamo, eine ehemalige Missionarskirche die in der texanischen Unabhängigkeit eine große Rolle gespielt hat und den River Walk der sich durch die ganze Innenstadt zieht. Wir machten uns also entlang des Flusses auf und schlenderten an unzähligen Lokalen vorbei bis wir in der Nähe des Alamos waren. Nach der Besichtigung ging es wieder runter zum Fluss, dem wir weiter folgten. Wir kehrten schließlich in einem Lokal namens Dick's Last Resort ein, in dem die Servicekräfte absichtlich unhöflich sind. Wir fanden das jedoch nicht so überzeugend wie den Rest der Stadt und kehrten danach zum Auto zurück.
      Nach einer weiteren Nacht in unserem Airbnb ging es morgens weiter Richtung Austin.
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    • Day 60

      The Alamo-San Antonio, TX

      April 19, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Interesting visit to The Alamo the scene of the 1836 battle between the Mexicans and Texicans. Met a Yorkshire man, dressed in period clothing, in the Living History area who was talking about the guns used and there was also a ‘doctor’ with his implements terrorising 2 young girls as he described in detail how life was at the mission. Our friend Ernie Corbello’s ancestors settled here from the Spanish Canary Islands in 1831. Their surname was originally Curbelo. Fantastic trees, live oaks and pecans , and cacti in bloom in the grounds.Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    San Antonio, سان أنطونيو, San-Antonio, Горад Сан-Антоніа, Сан Антонио, স্যান অ্যান্টোনিও, Сан-Антонио, Σαν Αντόνιο, سان آنتونیو, 聖安東尼奧, סן אנטוניו, सैन एन्टोनियो, Սան Անտոնիո, SAT, サンアントニオ, სან-ანტონიო, 샌안토니오, Sanctus Antonius, San Antonijus, Sanantonio, സാൻ അന്റോണിയോ, सॅन अँटोनियो, ਸਾਨ ਆਂਤੋਨੀਓ, سان انٹونیو, 78201, San Antònio, San Antoniyo, சான் அந்தோனியோ, శాన్ అంటోనియో, แซนแอนโทนีโอ, Сан-Антоніо, סאן אנטאניא, 圣安东尼奥

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