Philippine Butterfly

I’m a huge fan of old missions and old churches, and San Antonio was like striking gold for both! There are 5 missions within 10 miles of each other, and believe it or not, I had no idea about this until I arrived in town. I actually had time to visit all of the 5 missions, because I of what happened during my business meeting, which is the real reason why I’m here.

So, before my business endeavour began, I had time to see the Queen of the Missions – Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo . This mission is the central mission of the 5 and the biggest. It’s also headquarters for all the San Antonio Missions. The best part about Mission San Jose was its grounds, because it has been fully restored to its original size. In addition to the church, there are all sorts of support buildings, like the housing quarters and the fortress walls. While I was there, I got to talk to the park administrator and he gave me the whole shpiel about the history, but the best part was his shpiel about the whole history of how the state of Texas was formed.

Then it was time to go to my business meeting in downtown San Antonio, and I was very lucky, because we met in the restaurant of the local hotel where I was staying overnight. My business meeting went better than expected, because, after lunch, I was telling my client about my visit to Mission San Jose and how I’ll be visiting the 4 remaining missions if time allows. My client was also an old mission aficionado, and said he’d be happy to take me to visit the other 4 missions and give me my own personal tour! Needless to say, I not only landed the deal for my business, I got to enjoy an intimate tour of the remaining missions, the last one being the famous Alamo.

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