On day 2 of our stay in Santa Fe we met up with Pat and Ken Bonner who are Australians now living and working in Santa Fe. Pat is a teacher and Ken is an artist and to see some of his works have a look at www.kenbonner.com We met for breakfast at La Fonda and we had a great time. Pat and Ken had let us know about the Santa Fe Christmas show so later that day we meet again at the Linsic Theater to enjoy the show.
The Santa Fe symphony orchestra's Christmas Concert featured Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor as well as some contemporary melodies such as Fly Me to the Moon. It was a great concert and thank you Pat and Ken for making us aware of this.
Here you can see this amazing young lady by the name of Emily Bear who is 13 years of age and at 5 years made her concert debut at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago playing a 40 minute solo program of classical pieces. This day she played two of her compositions called Northern Lights and Les Voyages. She is the up and coming Taylor Swift of classical music.
This is the State fish - rainbow trout. The State bird is the Roadrunner. This was not on the menu.
Boxing Day evening we dinned at the Luminarias Restaurant at the Loretto Hotel which was a short walk from the La Fonda where we were staying. The restaurant had a pleasant feel to it and the food was interesting. Ross's starter was foie gras and it was very rich and possibly the only time he will ever eat this. But what the heck , life is too short not to try different foods.
Beverley's starter of beets and mushroom was a surprise as she did not order it but it was served by mistake. It was very tasty.
Followed by organic roasted chicken served most attractively and was delicious.
The desert was a combination of flavours and accompanied by a couple of glasses of 12 year old Port. It was a fitting end to a delicious evening.
More to follow on the many interesting places we visited over our stay in Santa Fe.
Cheers,
Beverley and Ross
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