Wednesday, January 05, 2005
new mexico trip
i worked last 30th, so i basically got out of work six am on the 31st, meaning i only have two hours to get ready since dad was picking me up around eight. i was darn sleepy, and so were the kids:
on the way out colorado, we had a great view of the wahatoyas! the wahatoyas are considered the breasts of mother nature. i think mother nature has a tumorous boob:
so this is downtown, santa fe. they have this great plaza where there are lots of street vendors and art galleries along the streets, all next to the church. it's pretty much like quiapo in a smaller more organized way. new mexico was pretty much influenced by spain, that is why it is like the philippines:
here's the st. francis of asisi church. it is so great! haven't been in a catholic church for a while, so i was pretty much in awe:
just across it is the loretto chapel. it was featured in unsolved mysteries, if you remember the show. it is the first gothic church in new mexico, notice the pointed arches. now the major thing here would be the stairs. before, they didn't have the metal balusters for the stairs. so it was pretty much a two full turns of wooden stairs WITHOUT nails. galing:
saw the bataan memorial building! it is just pretty much a building, haha! it's some sort of a education slash government building:
also went to chimayo! it is the best church i have ever been here in the US. we also got some dirt from the inside, they say the dirt here has miraculous effects to people. inside, there is also a rack full of walking canes. apparently, people who were healed from their crippleness leave them behind:
and saw a maes court in santa fe :-) maes court is along maes place, after you turn a left in maes street:
also went to taos, saw another church for st. francis. i was kind of a tour guide for dad, telling him the lives of st. francis and st. anthony of padua, and st. rita and all them saints we saw. haha, catholic education paid off!:
and here's the best thing i saw in taos:
was a great trip. can't wait for the next one :-P
¶ 7:32 AM
on the way out colorado, we had a great view of the wahatoyas! the wahatoyas are considered the breasts of mother nature. i think mother nature has a tumorous boob:
so this is downtown, santa fe. they have this great plaza where there are lots of street vendors and art galleries along the streets, all next to the church. it's pretty much like quiapo in a smaller more organized way. new mexico was pretty much influenced by spain, that is why it is like the philippines:
here's the st. francis of asisi church. it is so great! haven't been in a catholic church for a while, so i was pretty much in awe:
just across it is the loretto chapel. it was featured in unsolved mysteries, if you remember the show. it is the first gothic church in new mexico, notice the pointed arches. now the major thing here would be the stairs. before, they didn't have the metal balusters for the stairs. so it was pretty much a two full turns of wooden stairs WITHOUT nails. galing:
saw the bataan memorial building! it is just pretty much a building, haha! it's some sort of a education slash government building:
also went to chimayo! it is the best church i have ever been here in the US. we also got some dirt from the inside, they say the dirt here has miraculous effects to people. inside, there is also a rack full of walking canes. apparently, people who were healed from their crippleness leave them behind:
and saw a maes court in santa fe :-) maes court is along maes place, after you turn a left in maes street:
also went to taos, saw another church for st. francis. i was kind of a tour guide for dad, telling him the lives of st. francis and st. anthony of padua, and st. rita and all them saints we saw. haha, catholic education paid off!:
and here's the best thing i saw in taos:
was a great trip. can't wait for the next one :-P
¶ 7:32 AM
