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| Santa Fe Plaza |
On Aug. 2nd, I took a 5 day road trip over to New Mexico. I left early Thursday morning and made it to the Albuquerque airport just before my brother, Jeff, arrived by plane. (As a side note, the drive on I-40 between the AZ border and Albuquerque is outstanding. Classic, desert southwest landscape) After spending the night in ABQ, we headed to Santa Fe for 3 days. In addition to exploring Santa Fe, we used it as a base for various day trips, which are blogged below.
The Santa Fe Plaza area is very picturesque, even though touristy; a combination of Spanish colonial and pueblo architecture. Our days consisted of having breakfast in Santa Fe, followed by a day trip where we had a late lunch, and then back to Santa Fe for dinner and drinks. We sampled some New Mexican cuisine, which, from what I can tell, means smothering food in green chile. We also sampled some higher-rated burger joints. In sum, I ate too much and drank too much. One evening, after still be stuffed by a late lunch, we went to Santa Fe's oldest bar - El Farol. We had drinks and some Spanish tapas consisting of pork loin, duck, and quail. The quail with espresso BBQ sauce was delicious. It's now my new, favorite game bird.
The Santa Fe Railyard was also a pretty cool area. A development of shops and restaurants and a large, vibrant farmer's market. I picked up a bar of goat's milk soap.
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| Looks Southern |
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| Palace of the Governors |
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| Shops and restaurants |
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| Native American arts and crafts market |
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| The Lensic performing arts center |
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| Wind-driven artwork |
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| Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi |
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| Frank standing guard |
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| Arches, circles and columns of the Romanesque Revival structure |
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| Park adjacent to the cathedral |
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| Courthouse |
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| Late lunch at Bobcat Bite |
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| Bacon cheeseburger on a brioche roll bun |
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| Farmer's Market |
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| Everyone selling their wares |
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| The vibrant Santa Fe Railyard |
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| Roasting chiles |
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