So I'm in San Antonio, TX. It's about 80 miles south of Austin and like Austin the weather here is hot and sunny! It must be unbearable in the middle of summer.
My first impression is that the city is a bit of an urban sprawl with a relatively compact city centre. It certainly doesn't feel like the 8th largest city in the USA.
The main tourist attraction is the Alamo, which is right in the heart of downtown. There's also the Riverwalk which really does seem like a piece of Venice has been transplanted to Texas (not that I've been to Venice).
San Antonio is still a couple of hundred miles from the Mexican border but there are quite a few cars around with Mexican number plates. Also a lot of Spanish is spoken (and there are plenty of Mexican/Spanish language channels on the TV). In fact I think I might just be heading out to a Mexican or Tex-Mex place for dinner!
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