Today I wanted to go to the Natural Bridge Caverns, which is a place where they have underground caves and stuff (there's actually two or three of these cavern places around San Antonio) but it turned out that no buses go anywhere near this place, and it was much too far to get a taxi.
So, instead we took a bus over to the North Star Mall near the airport, which is supposed to be a large mall. Got to the mall but first walked across the road to this massive place which was half empty that had a big Sears and Target and such. This is just a shopping strip, not a mall, but the amount of parking and shop space was just huge. Many shops had either closed down or hadn't moved in yet.
North Star Mall itself didn't have much of interest at all. Walked into a sports store where the staff kid just kept asking questions like I was in the store for a conversation. Funny thing though was that after the conversation he asked if I was from New Orleans because I had a Saints hat on - maybe I don't have a strong accent or something. In general a bunch of people ask where you're from, but I think it's less because they pick a foreign accent and more because you're at some kind of a tourist location where they just assume you're not a local.
So there wasn't much here but Jason thought there was a Wal-Mart nearby. We walked for ages along the side of freeways and ramps that were headed to the airport - really not a fun and leisurely place to go for a walk or do your shopping. Finally we found this place way out by itself, it was huge and even had a small McDonalds inside. They also sell groceries and had their own bakery section. I mention this only because as we were walking past some woman just picked a fresh donut off of the trays and just started eating it in the store.
Back at North Star Mall there was another one of these big shopping strips across the road to the other side of the mall. The mall itself might not be big, but when combined with these two other shopping strips which house all of these mega stores, the combined area would have to be the biggest space I've come across.
Wasn't enough time left in the day to make another attempt to head out to the missions, so instead went to see a movie at the River Center. Sadly all two and a half hours of 2012 were a waste of time and money - tickets for cinemas in the USA cost only about $8-10 for adults.
Had dinner down on the river walk. Picked one of the few places that actually had consideration for vegetarians, and I was able to order a tasty burrito meal.
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