As a homeschooling mom, I had been bugging my husband to visit the Alamo since we have been in South Texas/Mexico the past year. With only a month left in our adventure in this part of the country, he finally agreed. Instead of taking the whole family though, we made a long weekend out of it and celebrated some time together before the dreaded days of packing and trekking across the country with five kids ages twelve and under! What a weekend it was! Some Texan friends of ours continued to tell us that we had to visit the Riverwalk when we visited San Antonio. I didn't understand what the hype was all about, until we went. I felt like I had stepped out of the US and entered a European country suddenly. The quaint little restaurants. The shops. The boats. The people. The whole ambiance of it all, was breathtaking. Not only were we spoiled with a hotel right along the river but we made s...