San Antone!

April 4-6, 2013
Bobby and I "bon voyaged" to San Antonio, TX this past weekend for a quick weekend getaway. I kept saying it was time for just us to take a trip,  not visiting family, friends, or meeting up with a group. Just us. Doing what we wanted to do. And that we did :) First day Thursday we arrived in San Antonio around 2 pm and were able to check into our 3 star hotel Best Western Alamo Suites early. Now you would think a hotel with the name "alamo" in it's name would be near the Alamo. Nope. Far from it. I should have done my research a little more but we got a great deal on it and it really ended up being not too bad. We ended up with 3 king size beds in our "suite" lol. I was like where the hell was this style hotel room growing up? Too many family trips with all 5 of us and 2 queen size beds...one person having to sleep on a cot or on the floor. We didnt spend too long at the hotel wanted to go check out San Antonio's hot spot-- The Riverwalk! Had to ask the front desk lady if it was safe to walk from our hotel to downtown. I got a weird look but she assured us it was okay. Anyway about 25 min later we finally found the river:) Yes we were the typical tourists on the counter, folding out our map, looking at the street signs trying to figure out where the hell we were! ha ha. We, well Bobby, was starving, and my friend Kandice had recommended Casa Rio as a good place to eat! Well here we are...

Margarita was a must!

Next, we hopped on the Rio Cruise tour and learned a little more about the history of San Antonio. This was probly one of my more fave parts of the trip. Loved our tour guide and loved the architecture of all the buildings. I think the first day we were super overwhelmed because theres so much going on, you don't know where all the best spots are to see with limited time. We went to see the Alamo next, that was pretty awesome. Just this little old building set in the middle 20 story hotels, skyscrapers, busy streets, and sidewalks. It was definitely a little glimpse of history. We got a tour and some good pics in front of it:)
We did a little shopping at the RiverCenter Mall, got some tanktops-WOW! Summer is coming! And made our way back to the hotel...Like an idiot I wore flip flops so my feet were killing me by the end of the day. We did our Insanity workout via laptop (yes we're diehards) It's really Bobby who's the motivating one. Just relaxed and looked over pics and brochures for the next day and called it a night.

Our tour guide and the Tower Life building behind

Day 2--started out a little rough. Siri told me to take a LEFT out of our hotel driveway. Ummm hello ONE WAY. I drove like 5 blocks before I said Something isn't right here? IS THIS A ONE WAY? HOLY SHIT. Whipped a left into a parking lot and grabbed my phone and was like what the hell is going on Siri? She shoulda told me to take a right, not a left. Anyway the roads down there were so screwy, no such thing as a 4 way intersection. They were all like 8 way intersections. Well Seaworld opened at 10 am and we were parked and in line with tickets by 9:30! Ms. Organization here. I felt like a little kid again, finally fulfilling my dream of going to Sea World and seeing a killer whale for the first time!! We did all the shows-- Sea Lions, Killer Whales, and Beluga Whales/ dolphins, also toured all the aquariums saw the Penguins!, gators, and flamingoes. I was a little disappointed at the Shamu show. Like halfway thru they all just kinda stopped doing tricks and the music kept going. The trainer came out and said Like people, the whales can be a little moody. We have an alpha whale and when she doesn't want to cooperate neither do the rest. So I guess they all swam out to the back pool?! We were like wtf? After about 10 min they got em to come back and finish out the show but it was kinda cut short so I was sad. Still awesome to see a killer whale that close and it's just amazing the tricks they get them to do just by a hand signal.

The sea lions and seals were my 2nd favorite animals to watch. You could go and buy fish and feed them for $5 we didn't do it cuz you only got like 3 pieces--kind of a rip off. But there was one fat sea lion, cracked me up it would go to whoever had the fish and go "ORC, ORC, ORC" til they fed him. It was a huge hog lol. Then there was another one who kept splashing with his flipper, hoping ppl would give him treats. They were sooo cute, I totally want a seal now. Here's Fatty:

 

The food was outrageously priced for like a half sandwich at Sea World...so we saved our calories and $$ and went back down the to RiverWalk. Drove this time...see you don't make the same mistake twice. I say that but I again wore flip flops on day 2. I didn't want tan lines okay? We ate at RIO RIO this time. I have to say the food was better at this place, but I liked the margarita at Casa Rio better :)

Had to take one of the legendary umbrellas at Casa Rio (oldest restaurant on the river) They were the first ones to give river cruises, on gondolas. 

We packed a lot in Day 2, we also walked through and did some souvenir shopping, took a lot more pics, and walked thru a beautiful park and went up to the Tower of the Americas!! 622 feet tall. 

I had an amazing time on vacation with my baby  <3 It was a quick trip, but so beautiful to see this ancient city and learn about all the history of the Alamo and the United States. We will definitely be back :) Here's some more of my favorite pictures from the trip:

The Alamo

San Fernando's Cathedral

Who Dunnit? -The Walrus

Tower of the Americas