Texploration
Texas is so big, it's really hard to make a weekend trip many places from Laredo. San Antonio and Corpus Christi are the two closest spots, so during Emily's holiday break, we decided to make trips to both places. Once the semester began, as well as during break, we also spent some time exploring Laredo. San Antonio We had decided on a 4 night trip to explore San Antonio and the nearby wine country. Unfortunately, due to problems with our Airbnb (primarily that it had no heat, aside from two space heaters, when the lows were in the 20s and 30s), we had to cut our trip short. Disappointingly, we missed out on our plans to see friend Nancy in Fredericksburg and to explore the wine country. However, we did get to do a few things on our bucket list. After arriving and grabbing some lunch, Emily and John headed out to see Mission San Antonio de Valero, aka the Alamo , the first mission of those established on the San Antonio River in the 1700s. Alamo Facade The Alamo is right in...