10/02/2016 Wednesday
It was a quiet week in the office so we decided to take advantage of the wonderful weather and headed off to Fredricksburg. This is a small town (pop. 10,000) settled by German immigrants during the early 19th century. The town is in the hill country (everything relative of course) about 60 miles north of San Antonio. It has a long and wide main street lined with a wide variety of shops selling local crafts, clothes and produce. There are several vineyards in the area and each has their own wine-tasting shop. A couple of the main attractions in the town are the Admiral Nimitz museum and the National Museum of the Pacific War. These are both interesting and well constructed museums. Nimitz was born and brought up in the town.
The countryside was described to me as bumps rather than hills! At this time of year the low trees are bare and while there is plenty of grass it is quite brown. The flora is basically limestone based. The rivers are all empty of water.
