My husband, Joe and I drove down from Austin to San Antonio to take the tour of the Alamo. We had no idea it was the 174th anniversary of the ‘Battle of the Alamo’, where Texas rangers and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana and his troops battled it out that fateful day, and we all know about the sorry outcome. So, we were not able to go into the Alamo, because a memorial service was going on. Instead, we spent a few hours walking around and talking to people on the street. Joe talked to some school kids laying on the lush green lawn of a park.

Later, we walked to the Riverwalk and spent a few hours there, exploring all the shops and sites. We didn’t expect to be walking as much as we were, so we stopped into a shoe store and purchased walking shoes, we put our other shoes in the bag, because we left the shoe store with our new shoes on. We didn’t spend much, we only purchased flip-flops, which we both haven’t worn since we were teenagers, but they turned out to be quite comfortable.

We hadn’t planned on spending the night in San Antonio, but we really did want to take the Alamo tour, so we headed to the Market Square, San Antonio’s cheesy tourist trap and asked around if any knew of a place to stay. One shop owner, where I bought this really cool bag that had a picture of Frida Kahlo on it, told us where to find this local hotel . He told us we would be very happy with the accommodations and that’s where he makes reservations for all his visiting relatives. After his recommendation, Joe purchased a couple of Mexican ceramic pieces. I looked at him like ‘what for?’ and he told me (after we exited the shop) that he liked the fact how the shop owner made reservations for his relatives instead of putting them up at his home. I told him that he better not do that when my Mom comes to visit next month! He seemed so disappointed.

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