I better get on the ball with posting some more of the Texas pics. Classes start on Monday and life as I know it will be over until my break during the first two weeks of October. Between classes, work and 3 weddings over the next month and a half, I don't expect to have much free time. So...more of Texas!
The Alamo was right across the street from the hotel we stayed in while in San Antonio. It was a little wild for something that you associate from history with being so remote to now be right across from a major hotel and shopping mall!
This is part of the fresco that was originally on the outside of the church at the San Jose mission. The building as a whole is all gray now, but imagine what it must have looked like with this covering the whole exterior!
While walking down Riverwalk in San Antonio we came across this Irish pub. It was one of those places Andy considers to be pretty authentic for an American "Irish" pub. We went in for a pint before we headed to dinner at a place called Pesca. Dinner was amazing! This seafood restaurant we went to actually had a selection of different kinds of oysters. I went with lightly steamed Chesapeake Bay oysters for an appetizer while Jim had fried Virginia oysters as his entree.
Here are Andy and I outside the Hill Country vineyard where we enjoyed a tasting. Some of the wines were not to our liking, but they did have an excellent Chardonnay. In addition, they had a rose called Black-White Spanish. Not very sweet at all, I have to say that it was a rose that I actually liked.
The first two nights in the hill country we stayed at the Gruene River Inn in Gruene, Texas. This was the view from our room's balcony. The Guadalupe River was so clear it was amazing. I really wish I had time to go for a swim, but our days were full of being tourists and golfers. We had a truly wonderful time!
