The Alamo

To celebrate the end of the school year and to keep an appointment in town, we spent a whole weekend in San Antonio. The first place we visited was the Alamo. Saara and Andrew had heard the story of Alamo a few times before, we touched on it in our American history class, we saw exhibits about it in the museums in Washington-on-Brazos and Austin, and we even watched some snippets of the movie "Alamo" on Youtube. The knew what Alamo was and its importance in the history of Texas. We walked around the compound, the sanctuary, watched a movie about the mission throughout centuries, marveled at the personal items of Bowie, Crockett, and Travis displayed. Both kids became obsessed with Crockett. They were looking for his name in every possible place. I am pretty sure, I know who they will write a paper about next year when Andrew will learn about the history of Texas.

We are in San Antonio

The Alamo monument

On a Spanish cannon

The six flags over Texas

The mission's well.

A hospital ward.

Looking for Crockett everywhere.