Santa Fe

A lazy morning - had to catch up on the laundry. Ellen went visiting the Mueseum of Art and the Georgia O'Keefe research centre (O'Keefe's art gallery was closed because they are putting up a new exhibition). The rest of us walked along Canyon Road where there are lots of galleries and some restaurants. Kiara-Lee and David went home, while Trish and Ellen took a guided walking tour around downtown Santa Fe. We learnt lots about the history of Santa Fe and saw some fabulous buildings. We were very impressed with the Loretto Chapel - it was very beautiful and has a "miraculous" staircase that extends from the floor to the balcony without any support. We were also impressed with the Palace of Governors which is an original pueblo building. The indians come here each morning and a draw is made so that 70 of them can have a stall site to sell their wares (mainly jewellery) for that day. If their name isn't drawn out that day they turn up again the next day hoping to get a stall site for that day. They sell genuine indian wares - very beautiful. Tonight we walked through the Palace of Governors museum, which showed the history of Santa Fe and had lots of past relics. Dinner was at Ore House on the Plaza (we wanted to go to The Shed but it had an hour's waiting list). The meal was nice and reasonably priced. A night in at the hotel finished off the day. The girls are praying that Collingwood wins the AFL footy tonight!!!!!

Courtyard of the Museum of Fine Art

Miraculous Staircase

The Palace of the Governor's