Thanks to my friend, Lisa and her husband coming to visit us, we got out and visited some things that we had yet to see here in San Antonio. I had heard about the missions tour and had always assumed that they were far away and spread apart...but this is not the case. The missions are all very close to each other (averaging 3 miles apart or so) and only on the south side of San Antonio. So on Friday with the kids in school the three of us set off to visit the missions. All are beautiful and in different degrees of restoration/decay. Four of the missions have operating parishes in them and at least 2 had Friars who reside at the mission itself. Although the history is somewhat controversial with the "conversion" of the native Mexican Indians, the missions are an interesting place to visit. Here is a view of the "Indian Quarters" at my favorite mission, Mission San Jose.
These are the lovely gardens of the friars who live at Mission Espada. Next door was a very small chapel.
Here again is Mission San Jose...the most preserved and well kept, and I would guess the largest. The chapel was quite large and some of the original paint was viewable from the outside.
All in all it was a lovely afternoon. Good friends, good sites, and of course good food after!!
4 comments:
You guys accomplished more than we did having lived there for 20 some odd years! I always wanted to visit the missions but, ........ Thanks for the tour! XOXO Kim's Mom
Looks like a lovely outing!
What a neat outing. I am hoping to get out to the Pueblos here in New Mexico to see all of the history, too.
That is a beautiful place. Looks like you had a great time.
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