Busy busy busy

So we arrived in San Antonio late (like 2:30 in the morning) or early I guess Sunday?  We checked in to our last doubletree (sad), got some cookies (yay!) and got our room...421!!  That's our anniversary!!  So crazy, right?  I thought so.  Well we crashed for a few hours then woke up and got ready for another day!  So did anyone ever hear the saying that it's blazing hot out there?  I never actually understood that.  This term was derived and should only be used when describing weather in Texas.  It's September and I literally thought I might go up in flames!  Early in the morning, at night, it's just ALWAYS blazing hot out there! 
So we went to Sea World San Antonio in the morning, it was fun!  We had both been to Sea World Orlando but not since we were little so we figured, while we're here!  We fed the sea lions and seals who actually go crazy when they see food, they bark and hit into each other, one just laid there slowly slapping the water with his tail, very funny.  There was one sea lion that was just laying on his back the whole time not even caring that there was food.  I asked the girl if he was sleeping and she said yes.  I asked why he wasn't waking up for food and she explained that they are mammals just like us so when they're full, that's it, they have no interest in eating...riiiiight.  I didn't bother questioning her further on this, even though I have tons of evidence from this trip alone that this statement is very false! 

Then it was off to the dolphins!!  We both fed them, and when you feed them, you get to pet them too!!  They're sooooo cute!!  Just a tip, if anyone's planning on going, don't go to the first feeding.  We stood on a line, outside in the inferno forever!  Later we went back and there was no line!  So always go later!  We saw the story of Shamu show with the giant killer whales and it was amazing!  The do everything on cue!  They're just so smart!  We tried to see another show but they unfortunately had to cancel due to a foreign object being dropped in their pool aka some idiot tourist.  Which leads me to my first ramble of the day.  I finally understand why Europeans hate Americans.  I think about 90% of American tourists are complete idiots, so naturally if 90% of what you see are idiots, you're bound to draw this conclusion!  All along this trip we've run into these idiots but let me give you yesterday's examples.  While we were in the giant shark exhibit, they have these floor to ceiling wondows so you can look in the tank, it's really amazing!  Here's Brian with the sharks (FYI we were just in the splash zone, as you can see!):

So you see how there's that little railing just in front of the glass?  Well a bunch of kids came over near us and decided that the railing was not for them so they just went under and started banging the glass.  Their parents stood next to us and didn't say anything.  We were secretly hoping the glass would break and the sharks would eat those kids and their stupid parents.  After making sure I said "no that railing's just there for other people" loud enough that they could hear, we went back to the dolphins.  Now when you feed the dolphins there's a Sea World employee on a microphone so everyone can hear her, explaining the process.  She says you hold the fish just above the water so the dolphins don't have to lunge out of the water to get it and with your free hand you can pet the dolphin, then give them the fish.  She explains that the entire process should take no longer than 3 seconds otherwise it's teasing.  So we were on the observation side watching people feed them and I was counting people holding the fish in the air, swinging it back and forth for over 20 seconds.  I don't know if they realize that teasing an animal is just the same as torturing them but we were soooo aggravated.  And that is my rant about stupid Americans.  So in your travels, please be mindful of rules so that other countries don't hate us!  Thanks! =)
So after we walked around in the blazing heat for a few hours we decided to head back to 421.  Since we almost went up in flames from the heat, we thought we should hit the pool.  Unfortunately by the time we got in the car, got the ac on, came back to the cold room to change and got outside, I wasn't hot anymore!  I went in for a few minutes anyway and then thought I would lay out for a little bit to work back up to blazing and then throw myself in the pool.  I actually ended up falling asleep though!  So after I woke up and Brian was all pruned up, we went back to the room, showered and got ready to go out to eat.  We wanted to do something to do with Texas, so we decided we should go for Mexican.  Another guest at the B&B in Custer had recommended this place called Casa Rio so we thought about that.  In San Antonio they have a trolley/bus system that goes from our hotel all the way around the riverwalk.  So we asked the guy at the desk and he explained where we should get off for the riverwalk.  We took the bus down, got off (did I mention I'm wearing heels that were killing me and I felt the blisters starting??) and followed signs for the riverwalk.  It was totally not what I pictured at all.  We were thinking there would be restaurants with outdoor seating all over the place, shops, the works!  We walked around and saw like 2 restaurants and a whole lot of nothing (other than some shady characters).  So we texted google Casa Rio to find the address, put on our "we're tourists" hats and pulled out our map!  It didn't look too far so we walked over.  While walking over there we discovered the real riverwalk!  We were at some horrible fake part of the riverwalk!  At this point, we were dying from the heat so we didn't want anything to do with eating outside on the river!  We got to Casa Rio and took our table inside.  Now I know I've been impressing everyone with all the food I've been trying but this one takes the cake!  First, I asked which she would recommend, the sangria or the margarita and she said they could do both together - okay!  Then we ordered the food.  We got an appetizer - flautas - I have no idea what that is, but it was good and I ate it!  Then I got enchiladas and a chicken taco for my dinner.  They brought it out and I'm not gonna lie, it was NOT pretty!  But we're in Texas!  So I scraped the lettuce and tomato off my chicken taco and it was actually pretty good!  The enchiladas were even better!  I couldn't bring myself to trying the beans because of what they looked like but I did have some of the rice!

Brian started to not feel well so we took a cab back to the hotel.  We relaxed a little bit and then when he was feeling better we took the trolley back down to go to the world's best (they said so) dueling piano bar, Howl at the Moon!  Brian stuck with his Bud Lite, Miller Lite and I ordered a Dr Feelgood which is just every fruity rum and grenadine - can't go wrong!  Oh and it was served in a glass the size of my arm-FUN!  So they have 2 people playing at a time but they switch every hour or so but when they switch, all 4 will be up there for a few songs.  They were so funny and so talented!  They have pianos, guitars, drums and a crazy keyboard thing that looks like a guitar!  Each person could play all of them and they all just know every song!  Since our drinks were ridiculously expensive we did not request any songs (you have to give them money) so we let everyone else!  They actually even had a contest for a bucket of beer and a free happy hour!  You had to go up with what you thought was the worst 80s song and each person had to beat the last person's song by $1.  So they played all the songs as they would come up (I loved most of them) and in the end She's my Cherry Pie was the winner at $26.  If you do the math, that little contest earned them over $300 in about 45 minutes!  It was a lot of fun.  Here's 2 of the performers singing a Taylor Swift song:

We stayed out for a while but wanted to catch the last trolley so we left around midnight.  We got back to the room, passed out and slept like babies- oh but first got more cookies from the front desk!  This morning we're going to visit the Alamo and go over to the cool side of the riverwalk!  Then we'll be back on the road to New Orleans!  Hope everyone has a good day!