Walking around Santa Fe

Today I'm just posting some street scenes I took while walking around Santa Fe yesterday. this building is right across the street from the old historic governor's palace, which by the way does not look like a palace at all it actually looks like a junky old motel that you wouldn't stay in if somebody paid you.

I ended up parking in front of this place many blocks from the action, but parking was really hard to come by especially for a pickup truck.

This is across the street from the Plaza that's in front of the old Governors Mansion. It appears that Spanish designed towns have a Plaza and the businesses are built around the Plaza.

this is the Plaza in front of the old Governors Mansion. this appears to be the central gathering place for tourists, vendors, and bums. so I fit right in, I won't tell you in which category.

To build new buildings in Santa Fe they have to look like these. I guess this is the Santa Fe look. Tomorrow I'll show you the old historic governor's mansion inside and out, and you will see why governors don't live there anymore, and probably wonder why they ever did.

Because of the patchwork way the city of Santa Fe was laid out there ended up being a lot of alleys and cubbyholes next to the buildings, and each one is infested with vendors selling priceless Mexican stuff or collectible Native American art. But since I already own a Mexican blanket, and I never really cared for turquoise I'm not a very good customer, and the vendors seem to sense this because they take one look at me and start hiding their merchandise.