We were on our way from Taos in New Mexico to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, a one day drive. It was autumn and the landscape, in itself awe-inspiring, showed gorgeous, vivid colours. By …
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Durango or the Missed opportunity
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Not an ordinary stop on the way
Driving in New Mexico from Santa Fe to Taos (or going in the other direction, of course) you can choose to pass through Chimayó. Do! And take the time to make the very little detour …
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Please stay with the group!
Before visiting the US Southwest, I knew very little about pueblos, Puebloans or ancient pueblo cave dwellings. In brief: Puebloans are Native Americans who share agricultural, material and religious practices. There are currently 19 Pueblos that are still …
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The Swedish connection in Taos
Walking around historic Taos, New Mexico, with a tourist map in my hand I was surprised to spot a Swedish flag, no two!, outside one of these lovely adobe houses that Taos is full of. …
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Have it raw!
“Are you having it raw?” I heard myself exclaim. I hardly meant it as a question since it was obvious that the girl who happened to be next me was biting into the ear of sweet …
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The call in the wild
I was just taking our lunch picnic bag out of the car at a beautiful viewpoint along the highway when another car, with a trailer full of hay, pulled up just in front of ours. …
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White, white … and a little black
Except for the soaptree yucca and some other exotic plants sticking up from the white, it looked exactly like an idyllic winter landscape, with water puddles from snow melting in the sun and the road …
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In Lincoln land
In Jacksonville, IL The strange customer, part I I had to ask three times before I understood what the girl behind the counter in the coffee shop asked me (she must have thought that I …
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Normal
What is Normal? The trip started from the legendary Union Station in Chicago. The Amtrak train took us to places like Pontiac and Normal. Although in Normal things weren’t really normal: the trained stopped normally at …
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And the sky is grey – not
Rain or shine As I sat in the taxi from the airport to downtown Chicago, my first visit to this city, it started to rain. The taxi driver, who was from Hyderabad, told me that …
