Mini Vacation-San Antonio

Needless to say, it has been quite and interesting semester for Matt and I! A few months ago, we realized that we would have a few free days before we started our summer job, and we really wanted to get away for a little mini vacation. Thanks to some free rewards points and a little graduation money-we were able to make it happen!

 

We took SOOOO many pictures while we were in San Antonio, but I really hate blog posts that are extremely bulky so I tried to narrow it down to the essentials/favorites. I also thought I would just make a a quick list of what all we did, that way I don't spend four hours of my life on one blog that probably only a few people read. haha so here we go!

Day 1

• Drove down to San Antonio-seemed like FOREVER!
• Stopped at 3 different places trying to find a Fossil store so I could spend a gift card. My garmin lied to me twice. Finally found once at the Tanger Outlets. Which are amazing by the way!
• Made it to our hotel-The Aloft of San Antonio. Great location and great room.
• Went and ate at Mamacitas. Best Sour Cream Enchiladas I have EVER had. 

Day 2

• Got up at ate at The Egg and I-It was pretty good, but not the best food I've ever had. We spend 15 minutes sitting there wondering why our waiter wasn't coming to back to get our check when we heard him tell another table that you check out up front. Whoops!
• Went to the San Antonio Zoo-It was really hot so the animals were all pretty lazy, but we really enjoyed it anyways. The elephant was my favorite!
• Changed clothes and went to eat at Texas de Brazil- Matt had been wanting to eat there for a long time. It was awesome! There was a wine artist in the wine cellar twirling around on a trapeze-type contraption and they sat us down right in front of it. The food was awesome but it was a little pricey. I still highly recommend it though.
  
• Walked to the San Antonio Riverwalk-We were down here when I got the call that I had been officially hired at PISD. It was such a great night! We bought our souvenir t-shirts at the Five and Dime store down there and took a boat tour at night.
• Went to see the Alamo-It was a lot smaller than I imagined!
  
• Went back to the hotel and CRASHED.

Day 3

• Slept in-We were exhausted!
• Went to eat at The Cove-We found this restaurant from Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives from the Food Network. The food was amazing! Matt still says it was the best burger and fries he has ever had. They also get all of their food from local farmers and markets and are an eco-friendly restaurant.
• Went to the Alamo Quarry Market and had ice cream at Amy's Ice Cream-It was delicious! They even had Shiner ice cream, which sounds disgusting...but we had a sample and it was actually really good!
• Had massages at Spa D' Sante-This was Matt's first massage ever! It wasn't the best massage I've ever had, but it was good for the price.
• Ate dinner at Lulu's Bakery and Cafe-This is a restaurant we found from the show Man Vs. Food on the Travel Channel. This place sells a 3 pound cinnamon roll! Its humungous! We bought one, froze it, and brought it back to Paris as a souvenir for our families. Hopefully we will get together and eat it soon! Matt ordered their famous chicken fried steak with queso on it for dinner. Which this seems strange at first, but it was actually very tasty.

Day 4

• We headed home early on this day-We knew we had a long drive and were ready to get it over with.
• We stopped in Round Rock at a restaurant called Saltlick BBQ. This is another restaurant we found on Man vs. Food. They have a huge open pit where you can see them cooking all of the meat. The food was all delicious-and it the price wasn't half bad either! On the way out I asked the guy behind the counter if I could take a picture of the pit, and he told me I could come through the back. So we went through the employee entrance and got a good picture of the pit from the front. It was really cool!
• Then we made our way back to Denton-THE END! :)