Beautiful Santa Fe

Beautiful Santa Fe…

…where instead of hanging baskets of flowers, they hang bunches of dried chillies…

…which probably explains why the slugs look like this.

It’s home to a cathedral dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi…

…but if you’ve read your Willa Cathar, you’ll know that they remember the old gods here.

There are a number…

…of interesting museums…

…but Huw and I plumped for the New Mexico History Museum.

I thought it wove the troubled and contested history of this place pretty well….

…and Billy the Kid had surprising good handwriting.

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Where to go...

It's strange...if you'd asked me a few months ago where I'd like to travel I'd have murmured a few things about various places in Europe. However, because my wanderings are primarily about catching up with people I love, it's turned into a far more of an odyssey (or Royal Progress). The plan such as it is: Christmas 2023 - visiting friends in France Jan - end of March 2023 - temp work and trips to see friends in the UK End of March 2024 - head over to North America, and try and visit: New York (with a trip out to Long Island) Chicago (with side trip to Milawaukee) St. Louis New Orleans Denver/Boulder Edmondton (CA - which may mean a stop in Seattle) Vancouver (maybe) San Francisco End of May 2024 - travel on to New Zealand (possibly via Sydney) Late May/Early June 2024 - travel on to Australia and visit: Sydney Melbourne Hobart Perth Late July/Early August 2024 - start to wend my way home via: Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Japan Mid-September 2024 - walk the Cami...

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