Morning in San Antonio after a Late Night
San Antonio Travelog #2
Airport hotel - Sat, 27 May 2023, 10am
Last night was a late night getting into San Antonio. Our flight was scheduled to land at 1:20am. Yes, we booked that schedule on purpose! The alternative was to leave this morning and burn most of Saturday traveling out here. Even though the flight was actually a few minutes early to land, and even though we hailed an Uber quickly to our hotel a mere 6 minutes away, it was still going on 2am by the time we got settled in our room.
We arranged a 2pm late checkout when we arrived at the Marriott TownePlace Suites, just in case we were wrecked and wanted to sleep in 'til noon. Instead we got up around 9:20, in plenty of time to get some breakfast downstairs.
The breakfast room was crowded with people hacking and coughing and not wearing masks (Texas, y'all!) so I considered bringing my plate of food back to the room. But then I spied tables on the patio next to the pool. I snapped this picture (above) to compare it to breakfast in Grand Cayman (click the link to compare pics). Yeah, similar idea, very different execution. Oh, and beyond the pool is... a view of a freeway interchange.
What's next? Well, we booked this hotel near the airport because we knew we'd be getting in late. We didn't need for it to be great, just comfortable. To be fair, that pool looks like it would be a nice place to spend some time, even if the view from it is freeway overpasses. But for the next two nights we have a nicer place booked. We'll be staying at the Holiday Inn downtown right on San Antonio's famous Riverwalk. We spent up a bit to get a balcony room overlooking the Riverwalk. We'll probably check out of Freeway OffRamp Suites soon and head there.
Airport hotel - Sat, 27 May 2023, 10am
Last night was a late night getting into San Antonio. Our flight was scheduled to land at 1:20am. Yes, we booked that schedule on purpose! The alternative was to leave this morning and burn most of Saturday traveling out here. Even though the flight was actually a few minutes early to land, and even though we hailed an Uber quickly to our hotel a mere 6 minutes away, it was still going on 2am by the time we got settled in our room.
We arranged a 2pm late checkout when we arrived at the Marriott TownePlace Suites, just in case we were wrecked and wanted to sleep in 'til noon. Instead we got up around 9:20, in plenty of time to get some breakfast downstairs.
The breakfast room was crowded with people hacking and coughing and not wearing masks (Texas, y'all!) so I considered bringing my plate of food back to the room. But then I spied tables on the patio next to the pool. I snapped this picture (above) to compare it to breakfast in Grand Cayman (click the link to compare pics). Yeah, similar idea, very different execution. Oh, and beyond the pool is... a view of a freeway interchange.
What's next? Well, we booked this hotel near the airport because we knew we'd be getting in late. We didn't need for it to be great, just comfortable. To be fair, that pool looks like it would be a nice place to spend some time, even if the view from it is freeway overpasses. But for the next two nights we have a nicer place booked. We'll be staying at the Holiday Inn downtown right on San Antonio's famous Riverwalk. We spent up a bit to get a balcony room overlooking the Riverwalk. We'll probably check out of Freeway OffRamp Suites soon and head there.