May
28
2006

Exploring Sante Fe, New Mexico

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Photobox ImageAfter a welcomed late start, we heading off to explorer downtownn Sante Fe today. Driving into town was interesting - rather than any high rises, the whole area was just adobe style buildings (ain't nothin' wrong with that!). It was suprisingly quaint, with a lot one way streets.

All three of us walked around and had a look at the shops, and then stopped for lunch at Catamount Bar and Grill. Sitting outside for lunch was quite nice. As mentioned yesterday, while still warm, it's quite more mild here in Sante Fe vs. Mexico.

After lunch Catherine wanted to do some shopping on her own, so Katie and I headed towards the missions in Sante Fe. The first we headed for San Miguel Misson. This is the oldest church in the USA. It was nice looking inside, however it has been restored several times. Definately worth the trip, however I can say that I like the San Xaiver Mission in Tucson.

On the way to the mission we also stumbled across the oldest house in America, which is on the road across from the misson. We'd decided to walk past / through a treed creek, then taking a dirt back alley behind appartments. If we hadn't done this, we wouldn't have passed the oldest house in the USA and missed it altogether.

After the mission, we headed to the visitors center, to get more information on Sante Fe, not that Katie hadn't picked up enough as it is here at the Comfort Inn. This was a point of laughter, as we followed these signs all the way around the San Miguel domitory, only to find the entrance a couple of feet where we'd walked out of the mission.

After taking a break, we walked back closer to the downtown area, to look at the Cathedral in the center of town. After taking a look around inside we set out in search of a drink. The area is touristy, but places to eat and drink seemed few and far between. We finally found The Burrito Cafe, and it was just nice sitting outside eand chilling out. Katie comment on how it seemed like it was harder to breathe, because of the elevation here, though we don't think it's eztremely high.

Sitting at the Cafe, I also realised how Sante Fe, or at leaat this part, while definately has the south west feel, and is mostly adobe buildings, it also looked to me somewhat how I would expect places like New Orleans would look. Definately because of the trees around the streets, and the style of the non adobe looking buildings.

Once we'd done with our drinks and rest, wew andered back to the center of town to find Cath, and head back to the hotel.

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