{"id":1388,"date":"2009-12-25T23:19:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T04:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2009-12-25T23:19:28","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T04:19:28","slug":"riverwalk-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Riverwalk, San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05818.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1389\" title=\"DSC05818\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05818-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05818-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05818-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The riverwalk began for us at the mall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christmas Eve &#8211; We drove downtown and walked by the river. This is a famous walk in San Antonio. You can sit at cafes and restaurants and it is really beautiful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1390\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1390\" title=\"DSC05834\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05834-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05834-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05834-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat takes tourists along the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead of paving over the river after an intense flood, a system was built to regulate the water flow. There is a whole network of sidewalks beside the river and it&#8217;s all lower than street level. There are no cars so it&#8217;s great for pedestrians and little boats that provide tours. There was practically no one around, which was perfect for us.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1391\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1391\" title=\"DSC05853\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05853-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05853-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05853-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the river, we stood in front of the Alamo. It was closed for Christmas Eve. The Alamo is a symbol of Texas&#8217;s independence. The soldiers who fought there were outnumbered and they lost, but they did took a lot of Mexican soldiers down with them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1392\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1392\" title=\"DSC05865\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05865-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05865-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05865-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Alamo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For dinner, we went out to a great Mexican restaurant (Los Barrios) with Madeleine and her son, William. We had chicken mole (a kind of chocolate sauce) and tacos and something like a taco I think called a Churo.<\/p>\n<p>Then Morgane hung up her stockings &#8211; one for her and one for the dog &#8211; and went to bed. She was begging to go to sleep for once!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1393\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1393\" title=\"DSC05860\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05860-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05860-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05860-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverwalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Eve &#8211; We drove downtown and walked by the river. This is a famous walk in San Antonio. You can sit at cafes and restaurants and it is really beautiful. Instead of paving over the river after an intense flood, a system was built to regulate the water flow. There is a whole network &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Riverwalk, San Antonio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1394,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}