Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Live from San Antonio

I guess this will be a monolingual posting because my laptop doesn't do Spanish characters, apparently, and if I can't spell it right I won't post it.

I like San Antonio. The Riverwalk is very cool. Last night I took a river taxi with some friends, which I really enjoyed, and we went out to dinner. I liked the backwater end. Lots of neat creeping plants, partial mosaics, and that sort of thing. The active end of it was pretty neat, too, but for completely different reasons. I could live here and like it very much.

The hotel staff has been great. They were very supportive during the conference and made things so easy for me. Our liaison was very efficient. She not only reacted well to our needs, she though preemptively. Response from the membership was overhelmingly positive, and the food was outstanding. Anybody out there looking for a hosting hotel in San Antonio? I strongly recommend the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel.

I love being in a town where Spanish is spoken alongside English. I can visit in Spanish with someone anyplace I go. I can conduct business transactions in Spanish here. When I lived in Idaho, speaking Spanish in public was frowned upon, while here it is celebrated. I'm for celebrating.

Viva la lengua de los dioses.

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