With both parents graduating college with a major in history did you really think our kids were going to go to San Antonio without visiting the Alamo? The day we visited it was about 150 degrees outside, August in Texas, go figure. There were a million people of all nationalities. I guess growing up in Texas I didn't realize what a big deal the history of the Alamo is to foreigners. The only other place I've heard such a dense collection of languages was in New York visiting the Statue of Liberty. What surprises everyone the first time they see the Alamo is its location. It is smack dab in the middle of San Antonio. Almost as if the city was built around this tourist attraction. We also toured the Riverwalk, not as amazing as I had imagined, it's basically a tourist trap with restaurants and shops. The Mexican food? Not so good actually, in fact, it was rather bland if you can believe that. The hot sauce was some of the hottest I've ever tasted, but the food actually had no spices whatsoever. Whowouldathunkit? Downtown San Antonio Mexican food restaurant, total dud. I even asked clerks working in stores, "Which is your favorite Mexican food restaurant?" Turns out they don't know good Mexican food when they taste it.