Exchange student from Czech Republic in Texas: Trip to San Antonio

From 9^th August to 11^th August we were in San Antonio! Me, Mark and Glen had a boys trip. We stayed in one nice hotel near to city center and every day we started trip from there.

The first night we went to the Alamo. It’s a very interesting building and area for Texans. Battle at the Alamo was beginning of the Texas’s revolution. In Alamo there were circa 150 US people on a religious mission and Mexicans attacked them. So William Travis gave a command to defense the Alamo against 2400 soldiers from Mexico. They defensed the Alamo for 13 days and then they lost the battle. The Mexicans lost a lot of men. Yeah I know the history lesson is boring so I said a few words about that and let’s move on. The main reason why is the Alamo famous is because later a part of Mexico started be Texas and 40 years later the Texas republic became a part of United States. The end let’s move on. After the Alamo we went to the Riverwalk, really nice place in San Antonio. There is a river in the center which makes a circle, along the river, sidewalks along both banks. The riverwalk is famous because there is one restaurant next to other and also hotels and theatre. I had the feeling the riverwalk is mix of US and Spanish culture (but why not San Antonio is not so far from Mexico). It is a really lively, charming and nice place which never sleeps. We walked there and had dinner – my first Mexican food a burrito. It was pretty good! (The photos you can find at the end)

The next day we went to Six Flag Fiesta Texas. It is an amusement park and this was the most exciting experience from trip. I’ve never seen rollercoasters like that before! Prather (amusement park in Vienna) looks puny when you compare it to Fiesta Texas. The first and the second rollercoaster we went on together but at the third we went without Glen because he didn’t feel well. Then we rode some waterslides, free fall etc. It was so great that I didn’t mind waiting in the long lines. We spent
6 hours there and we were all tired because the whole day the temperature was 100°F (35°C). It was hot even in the shade.

On the last day we went to waterpark named Schliterbanh. It was Monday and the lines there were really long. But we had a really great time there (for 8 hours). The best rides were Masterblaster and Discover Congo because they were both an adrenaline rush. I lost my sunglasses on one of them (I had these sunglasses only 2 days :( ). The last thing what I want say about going to the waterpark is about shoes. It’s little bit weird for me but everybody there had shoes (some had watershoes but some wore normal tennis shoes). People traveled through the parking lot and then they got into the water with these same shoes. Yeah for me it was little bit weird. The waterpark is really big, we rode a bus to get to the other rides, perhaps there is not another choice. (I haven’t any photo from waterpark)

On the way back home we saw a really nice lightning storm! It was a great trip. Totally!