DAY 10

We got up late and had a great breakfast at Amelia’s. She prepared a delicous fruit salad with grapefruit, orange and some berries. Sydney made her specialty, the hash browns and… poached eggs! They looked beautiful (at least that’s all Mari can say, since she’s not a big fan of eggs…) and Syd was so proud of them that she repeated all day “I poached eggs!” and called the entire family to tell the big news.

This was the only day we had to go out and do some tourism in New Mexico. Amelia suggested Santa Fé, a small town about 1 hour from the city (Albuquerque), famous for the art craft and turquoise jewelry, which made Syd sooo excited.

We had a great day, except for the cold that was extremely hard up there (the reason why we ended up not taking any photos…). There were a lot of Latin artisans in the streets and Syd spent hours carefully observing and admiring everything, and bought herself some beautiful souvenirs.

We didn’t have much time to actually get to know the village, but at least we got a chance to see some different New Mexican architecture, since almost all the houses in Albuquerque look pretty much the same (like The Flintstones’ - a small sample below), what can make you get lost very easily.

When we got back home, Amelia baked some blueberry muffins which made Mariana very happy!

Thanks, Amelia for being such a great hostess!

We went to bed very early because we would have a long (and VERY exciting) journey the next day! Maybe the most amazing one of the whole trip….