Back in December the Austin Kirsch family headed to San Antonio to meet the Mexico City Kirsch family. San Antonio is pretty close, so obviously I never think of going.
Highlights:
My beautiful nieces
San Antonio Zoo: Perfect for little kids. Not gigantic, but not small. Great variety of animals.
The DoSeum: This place makes Austin’s The Thinkery feel tiny. I didn’t even know it existed!
Conspicuously missing: Six Flags (closed), Sea World (closed), The Alamo, Riverwalk. Gotta leave something for next time.
I knew it existed, but in 15+ years of living here I never went. I had heard too many times that “it’s just some rescued animals, like goats and stuff”.
It’s true, but the place is a lot nicer than I had pictured. And while there were some goats, they also had some pretty good animals: bears, lions, a senile tiger, wolves, alpacas… and by far the most enourmous, impressive, mutant pig I’ve ever seen. That alone was worth the 45 minute drive (yeah, it’s far from my house).
And for those of you who have two year old kids obsessed with trains: there’s a little train you can ride!
Two thumbs up.
Selfie from the train. The ride is pretty long, as far as little train rides go. About 10-15 minutes.It’s hard to tell by the photo, but that pig is basically the size of a smallish rhinoceros.Ilán and Lucas looking for the missing tarantula.A bear.Lion (left), myself (middle), Ilán (right).
