Day 1
We started our first morning by trekking over to Pancake Joe’s, the highest yelp rated breakfast restaurant in San Antonio. We ended up not caring a ton for the food, the pancakes weren’t what we’re used to. My favorite part was the hash browns, those were good. After we headed to the San Antonio stock show & rodeo. That was a lot of fun. We saw many pigs being led by their owners to get weighed. I’ve never seen so many big pigs. We got to observe a horse auction, a first for us. We also saw a roping competition for the first time.

My favorite was the petting zoo which included lots of soft animals including alpacas, pigs, deer, goats, chickens, and more.

There were a lot of vendors selling many cowboy boots and cowboy hats. Even the police at the event had their cowboy hats on. That was definitely a fun experience, my first visit to a rodeo was a rodeo in Texas. After the rodeo we went back to our hotel to nap, and then headed back out to have dinner at Rosario’s, the highest rated restaurant in San Antonio. We were able to queue in line on the yelp app, and wait at the bar inside. The food here was sooooo good. I ordered the chicken flautas and Joseph had the beef and shrimp fajitas. We especially loved the fire roasted salsa that came with the chips.

Day 2
We started our morning with a trip to The Alamo. We parked at the Shops at the River Center parking garage and walked over to The Alamo which is very close to there. There was a long line to enter the Alamo church but it went by fast. We picked up the audio tour in front ($7 per adult) and walked around.

Then we went to historic market square, and i enjoyed shopping all of the various shops.  I love mexican clothing, so i especially had a good time here.  They also had some live performances for local folkloric groups.  As a snack, we got some churros in the plaza and they were the best churros we’ve ever had.

Once we finished up with market square, it was the afternoon and we didn’t have anything else planned for that day.  We decided upon going to the San Antonio botanical garden. I am a lover of succulents and cacti, but they didn’t have many succulents there.  They did have a lot of cacti and agaves though, so i enjoyed that.

After we left the botanical garden, we went to the Pearl Brewery.  This is an area where people sit and chat, near a place where there are various food vendors, as well as a bar.  We bought some fries and beer, and people watched outside as the sun set.  This was really relaxing, and there were a good amount of people and some kids here.  We also grabbed ice cream at Lick honest ice creams, and they had the craziest flavors but it was absolutely delicious.

Day 3
We had free breakfast at our hotel, checked out, and headed over to Mission San Juan around 9:30am. They had a free ranger guided tour at 10am (there are various tour times on their website). The mission was gorgeous, but sadly by the time we got to the point of the tour to go inside the church it was closed for a special event. The tours are about 45 minutes long and do teach you a lot about the history behind the missions. We left the mission close to 11am and headed to the San Antonio airport for our 12:55 flight.

Overall thoughts
We had a fun trip, but felt like we ran out of stuff to do.  I hadn’t thoroughly planned a schedule for this trip, but wish I had.  Thankfully we did know of some items that were mentioned to do, such as the Pearl, and we really enjoyed that relaxing time and environment there.

Recommendations
Rosario’s is a must
Historic market square and their churros
People watch and drink Pearl beer at the Pearl District, then grab a cone at Lick Honest Ice Cream
The Alamo