We just got back from a visit to Amy’s home town, San Antonio. The main purpose of the trip was to see Wicked at the Majestic Theater, but we also got to visit with her family and good friend and cruise around the Riverwalk!
We got to the airport 2 hours ahead of our flight time thinking we would have plenty of time to get bags checked/through security. The place was crazy packed, we made it but not my much. After a kind of bumpy ride, we arrived in San Antonio. We got checked into our hotel and cruised around downtown with Amy’s Aunt and Uncle, it’s such a cool city! Everything down there was so crowded, they were getting quite the Spring Break action!
The next day we did some more walking around, went to the Alamo (couldn’t find my bike in the basement), took a carriage ride, and got ready for the matinee showing of Wicked with Amy’s parents. Fortunately, our hotel was about 200 yards from the theater, so it was a quick walk over. The play was fantastic, an excellent examination of good and evil, and how it can be interpreted. The Majestic Theater is beautiful, and they did such a great job casting and performing the play! Afterward, we had a nice dinner on the patio of the Little Rhein Steakhouse with a great view of the riverwalk!
The next day we trekked on over to the San Antonio Zoo. It had been quite a while since I visited a zoo and we had a great time! We took the bus over (first time on a city’s public bus), it was super easy and super cheap, and had a nice walk through a park to the zoo. We got to see lions and tigers and bears (oh my), and a bunch of other cool animals. I think the Rhino was the size of my truck!
That night we met up with Amy’s childhood best friend and had a nice night out. We started out at The Esquire Tavern, a cool bar and restaurant, had some great burgers and a few drinks. The next place we stopped had a live band to check out, Amy’s friend knew a band member and they were pretty good! This place had the coolest entrance, you walk into a 15 x 15 ft room with red painted walls. The door girl said cover was $3, but you got $1 off if you hula hooped, I was by far the worst. After that the door girl hits a button on the wall and a secret door opens up allowing us to enter the bar, it was sweet! We finished off the night at the local piano bar, it was a fun night!
The next day was a little more family time. I went with Amy’s dad while he got some new speakers from his friend’s home theater store, Bjorn’s. Got the nickel tour from the sales manager and it was pretty impressive. The highlight was the home theater demo, comfy chairs in a room with 165″ front projection screen 9 speakers and 6 sub-woofers. To top it all off, the chairs move and vibrate with the movie. We watched the open scene of Quantum of Solace, it was impressive! After that we had some lunch and headed to the airport. It was a great trip, but as always it was nice to get back home!
Pics from the trip:
Going Down The Trail 