BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS JANUARY 27, 2014

While at South Padre we took a day trip to Brownsville, TX.  We stopped for lunch at Tequilas when we got there.  My lunch was delicious...charro bean soup and tacos with lots of cilantro...just the way I like them!  Gary the Snail seemed interested also.

We toured the Historic Brownsville Museum which is located at the Old Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

1877 Engine from Missouri Pacific Line

Modern day view of Brownsville...Mexican Market is located in the Market Square...big yellow sign on the right.

Brownsville has a lot of Mexican culture..I thought this store window was particularly pretty

In the Mexican Market which was mentioned above

The Stillman House...Charles Stillman was the founder of Brownsville

Map of nations of the Rio Grande Valley

Gary the Snail and Liz looking at Mexico through the border fence.

Site of the first major battle of the Mexican-American War in 1846.

Texans and Mexicans that were in the Republic of Texas wanted to become part of the U.S.