We made our way to New Mexico on August 3rd and our first stop was charming Santa Fe. We were very pleasantly surprised by this city and would rank it in the top 10 cities of the States (New York City still being number one of course).
The city - although modern - still feels very authentic with buildings in the famous New Mexican adobe style and has a lot to offer. We started with a New Mexican lunch at the rooftop cantina of Coyote Cafe (forget about what you know about "Mexican" food - this was really delicious!).
There are numerous museums in Santa Fe of which we only visited two: the New Mexico Museum of Art with a nice collection of modern art and a fun temporary exhibition on cowboy boots and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, an amazing collection on the artist inspired by New Mexico. The city is also filled with art galleries and nice jewelry shops (we'll have to come back in a few years with a budget). We ended our Santa Fe tour with some coffee and delicious "chocolate chili soup" at La Casa Sena.
The next day, we explored some other pueblos in northern New Mexico starting with Pecos National Historical Park.
We drove by Las Vegas, NM, stopped at Taos, and had a peek at the Rio Grande Gorge.
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