Continuing from
Part1, after the museum visit, we went to the Cathedral Basilica of St.
Francis of Assisi which is an 1800's era cathedral. The cathedral looks
beautiful with stained glass and bronze door. We were in for just a few
minutes and I didn't take any pictures of the interior for it being a
place of worship. We then visited the Loretto Chapel and on the way we
passed through a Native American market on the sidewalk near the plaza.
There were many beautiful items like jewelry, textiles, carvings,
baskets on sale. The turquoise jewelry looked amazing. There are also a
lot of shops, restaurants and galleries around the plaza. They all
looked pretty expensive! Moving on, the Loretto Chapel is a former Roman
Catholic church known for its spiral staircase that is now used as a
museum and a wedding chapel. The chapel is very beautiful on the inside
and there is a $3 charge per person. The unique staircase rises to 20
feet to the choir loft making two full turns without the support of a
newel or a central pole. Made mostly of wood, it is held together by
wooden pegs and glue.
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| Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi |
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| The huge bronze door at the Cathedral |
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| Loretto Chapel |
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| The interior of the Loretto Chapel |
It was now almost time for the little one
to have her dinner and we thought of getting a grilled cheese sandwich
for her. The closest place we could find was Del Charro. We took a to-go
grilled cheese sandwich, called for the shuttle and we were back to the
hotel in no time. The sandwich was pretty good, crusty outside and all
gooey inside, and came with some french fries (which became a snack for
us than the kiddo).
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| Pueblo architecture found everywhere in Santa Fe |
We had to try two more restaurants before
bidding adieu to Santa Fe and now we had to choose because unfortunately
we didn't know that most of the restaurants in Santa Fe are closed on
Sunday! So make sure to remember about the restaurants being closed on Sunday when you plan a trip to Santa Fe.
The two restaurants were Sabor Peruano and La Choza. I wanted to try the
Peruvian cuisine because of two reasons, first it was a new cuisine to
me that I wanted to try after seeing an episode of Chef's Table and
second was the menu which looked simple but very appetizing. La Choza
restaurant has been famous in Santa Fe for its New Mexican food but
mainly for Pozole which is a traditional soup from Mexico that is made
of hominy and meat served with red or green or Christmas chili and this
was one of the few only restaurants in Santa Fe that served it in a
vegetarian version as well! Difficult choice but we went with the La
Choza restaurant.
We took the hotel shuttle to La Choza and found
out that the wait time was approximately 45 mins. We decided not to
wait and order to-go. So we took pozole that came with chili(peppers)
& sopapilla and a tamale that came with refried beans, chili and
sopapilla. Santa Fe is known for its chilies and the way chili is served
in Santa Fe is different. There are three kinds of chili peppers - red,
green and Christmas. The Christmas style chili is a mixture of red
& green chilies and is super hot! The sopapilla is a Mexican
flatbread that is deep fried. The New Mexican sopapillas are pillow
shaped fried pastry dough and they were so delicious I could have had a
meal just of the sopapillas! The chili, sopapillas and pozole are a must
try in my opinion. The tamales were made of beans and cheese wrapped in
masa and steamed in a banana leaf. It was my birthday and this was one
delicious birthday celebration that I can never forget!
We ended one exciting day and were waiting for another exciting skiing day to begin!
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