Hard to say what was the best part of our two days in Santa Fe. There was plenty of eating, drinking, and shopping with Ms. Kristin, the first-grade teacher, and Te Ada, the coach.
Santa Fe is really old—older than Jamestown and Plymouth. It was established in 1598 by the conquistador Juan de Oñate, who named it La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís (the royal city of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi). The picture below is from El San Miguel Misión, a 1610 church.
I saw an amazing (and a little disturbing) exhibit of a guy called Fritz Scholder at the Institute of American Indian Arts. And if that wasn't enough, I found out that Fritz was a major influence on another important Indian artist, who happens to be Te Ada's brother!
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