Very interesting. Debating on hitting River walk too. I doubt I’ll be in that part of the country again any time soon if everBBQ is about the only reason to go to Texas.
I hope the river there is bigger than the one that goes through San Antonio. Not sure how that drainage ditch qualifies for a river.
But yeah, New Brounfels was settled by Germans. There's another town in Texas with big German influence, Fredricksburg, that is also about an hour or a little more outside Austin and San Antonio.