Day 29: San Antonio, TX


Saturday 9/30
We leave towards San Antonio. While we stay mostly on I-10, here and there we leave the Interstate and check into little villages such as Weimar, once in a while. Most of them are pretty much down – almost ghost towns. It’s a pity to see those little villages die out. We arrive San Antonio late evening around 8PM. We called the Menger Hotel and a very friendly lady guided us via cell phone through town to find the place. When we arrive the front desk had the most professional and friendliest staff on our trip. It was late we are hungry and hope to find a restaurant on what is called “The River Walk”. We heard about it as one of the attractions in San Antonio. Wow – what a unbelievable place. It is now after 9PM and there are restaurant after restaurant packed with people – pretty much everything is outside at this gorgeous little river. And again what a high level of service in every restaurant and bar we went to. We planned to leave in the morning but decided to stay one more night – this is a perfect place to retire.

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Anonymous said…
Hi Marita,

The Riverwalk is a wonderful place. My partner and I just bought a house in San Antonio earlier this year. Sounds like you are having a wonderful trip enjoy the rest as we travel with you all in spirit!!
11:38 AM
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