I am still catching up. The first few hours in Santa Fe were tiring to me. The elevation here is about 7000 feet, and I was finding myself breathless at first, and perhaps a bit dizzy. After some water, and a sleep, I felt a lot better, so we went out on the town after dark, to explore a bit. Walked and looked and talked. Ate supper at Zia's, late but appreciated, and came back to sleep.
The next morning we were up early, reading our books, enjoying the cool clear air, and having our breakfast at the apartment before heading out to walk again. Went down to the Plaza, over to the Cathedral (where we walked the labyrinth), and continued to tour the town by foot. This place is a town where you have to build in the adobe style, and buildings mostly cannot be more than three stories tall. But the colours range from sand to auburn almost, and seem to reflect the sand colours of this area. There are of course lots of tourist things available, but also lots of interesting things going on. This is an artist's place, so we stopped in some galleries to see sculpture and paintings, walked through some of the stores in the area, and mostly had a good day visiting the town.
Lunch: We stopped near the oldest church in America (an adobe church built in the 1600's) at "The Upper Crust" pizza place, shared a pizza and a bottle of wine, then walked off towards home. The rest of the afternoon was spent in a nap and some reading, with some planning for the following day. Supper: went to a place called "Dinner for Two" and had a very good meal there. It helps that it's just around the corner,since we were tired from our day's walking.
Sleep and a decision to go to Taos the next day, along what is known as "The High Road". Difficulty getting a car rental arranged but we though we could do it in the morning. So we went to bed, opening the indows to let the cool air into the apartment.
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