San Antonio Part 2

Thought I would share some final pictures of our trip to San Antonio.  We spent New Year's Day and night there as well, and I was happy to get to explore the Riverwalk during the day.

The plant life around the river was very cool.  A lot of time was put into the design, and it paid off!

Thought this building looked really cool - not sure what it is, but it's pretty!

Church still had the Christmas tree up. 

Walking around was very relaxing, the atmosphere was awesome.

Had to visit the Alamo while we were there! 

Me, very excited about seeing the Alamo (as you can tell by my face!)

Had to take a picture of the Christmas tree all decked out with Texas memorabilia :)

Acenar - San Antonio

There are so many restaurants in San Antonio on the River Walk it was really hard to pick one!  We ended up at Acenar on New Year's Eve.  We wanted to sit outside, but not have the river walkers bombarding us as we ate.  Acenar was prefect because their patio was a story over the river walk and looked down on it.  We started with the empanadas.  I was super excited to see this on the menu, as I don't often see it, and love them!

They were stuffed with spicy chorizo and potatoes.  There were two sauces on the plate, both of which were very good, but one was super spicy!  Got your attention :)

C got the duck crepes, crepes filled with duck confit topped with an onion sauce.  They were delicious, and pretty large!

I got the fish tacos, which I've started to order more when I try new places.  I really like fish, so it was just a matter of time.  These were really good, and my favorite part was the coleslaw that came on the fish.  So creamy and delicious.

We ended the night by sharing a dessert, and we tried the chocolate mouse.  It was a little different than I thought it would be, but it was SO good!

Good enough for two pictures.  The shell on the outside was hard, but once you scooped through it, it was mouse.  It came with nuts, and fruit on the side to mix in as well as delicious whipped cream on top.  

I really enjoyed Acenar, the food was creative and tasty, and the atmosphere on the river walk was great.  

For more information on Acenar please click to their website here.

NYE in San Antonio

To celebrate New Year's Eve, and our 3 year anniversary C and I took a trip to San Antonio.  We've never been, and I was really excited to explore!  Our hotel had a rooftop bar, and our room opened right out into it.  It was really fun and we got there just in time to see the sunset over the city's horizon.

The view was awesome!

Starting the weekend out right - champagne on the roof!

We started on the River Walk to find a place for dinner.  C got tired about halfway through the walk and had to take a break :)

I really liked the walk, there are so many different things going on.  Yes, that's C trying to ruin my picture in the back!

We also walked by a waterfall right next to the river, so cool!

I was really happy we went around Christmas time because we got to see all of the Christmas lights still up.  They make the walk even more pretty.

What a view!

I loved the restaurants on the sides that had outdoor seating.

Us before dinner. 

After dinner we went back to the hotel to watch fireworks and have drinks on the roof. 

The fireworks were so cool, I had never seen anything like it.  The whole horizon, anywhere you could see, there were fireworks going off.  It was a great way to ring in 2012!