¡ Viva Fiesta!

Fiesta started in San Antonio this week.  Wayne and I are, sadly, missing it.  We were able to attend  2 years ago and had an incredible time.  Every day there was another festival, parade or party.  I quickly became obsessed with the pastime of collecting medals--pins to represent specific groups or events.  It was my third trip to San Antonio, and I fell in love with the city all over again.  On each visit we learned a little bit more about the culture of the city--and the various cultures that contributed to the richness of the city.

It was funny, on our first trip to San Antonio, we sat on the plane next to a young woman who was flying home for a visit.  We asked her what she would recommend that we see and do, and she asked how long we were staying.  When we replied that we would be there for 5 days, she said that we would run out of things to do long before our vacation was over.  It is amazing how people don't always see the things their hometown has to offer...on each subsequent visit we find new things to experience, as well as repeating the old favorites we have discovered before.  Our favorite restaurant is the Guadalajara Grill in La Villita. Our second favorite restaurant is Mi Tierra, which is located in El Mercado.  Mi Tierra is open 24/7 and has the best pastries ever! All of these are within walking distance of the hotel that we stay on alongside the famous Riverwalk.  

There are still parts of the city that we haven't explored...they opened a new section of the Riverwalk after we left in 2009.  We always intend to visit the Japanese Tea Garden...but we haven't made it there, yet.  We have seen the Alamodome from afar, but haven't attended an event there.  San Antonio still holds a lot for us to discover, and we hope someday to call it home.  I just hope that we never believe that someone would be bored and find nothing to do during a week long stay!