Lush and lovely

San Antonio: loving it, especially the foggy morning and the humidity... It feels like a rain forest, with dense vegetation and water everywhere. We didn't know how parched we had become, living in the desert, until we came to this warm and gentle place. The Riverwalk stretches beyond the downtown tourist area, twisting and turning, taking a subterranean path… When we come up a new set of stairs or cross a new bridge, there are fountains and pools…It's a walking city, our favorite kind.

Our hotel, the Emily Morgan, was named after the slave mistress of Mexican General Santa Anna: evidently she betrayed him to the Americans, perhaps a comment on his style. We have a wonderful room, a view of the Alamo, and a room service menu for dogs. Marcel, by the way, is a hit in San Antonio… he already has a following and he is adoring the attention. Magnifco, meanwhile, is suffering from the humidity and being upstaged, and needs a bit of reassurance…

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