Started the day with the Imax movie 'Alamo - The Price of Freedom'. It depicts the heroic 13 day stand of the Texans against the Mexicans in 1836. Afterwards we visited the site of the Alamo which is now a shrine to the people who died in the siege. It spent many years as a warehouse, but then the Americans finally got their house in order. It's interesting to see and free.
Next on the agenda was a trip to the Buckhorn Museum and Saloon for $11.00. It's got loads of artefacts and plenty of stats from the old wild west.
Next we took a stroll down by the river which was really nice. Lots of nice cafes and a really pleasant place to be.
Veterans Day (as Americans call it) passed here without hardly anyone realising it. Apparently there aren't enough troops left to take part in the parades. It's a shame especially after all the excitement they have for Halloween.
I wasn't expecting a lot from San Antonio, but I'm really very pleasantly surprised. It's among the nicest place I've been. You feel very safe, there are no vagrants and it's very clean.
On the tenant front the references have been accepted and the agreement is now being drawn up. Provisional date for moving in is the 18th November 2003, the day it becomes vacant. Long live the tour.
