The morning started off interestingly yesterday. I arrived at the casita, found some keys in the garden area and went in. Strangely, it didn’t look like the photos he’d posted, but I quickly changed, left my things and ran off to explore Santa Fe. When I returned about 4 hours later, the front gate was locked. I had to go around to the OTHER side of the building, where I discovered a different door with a lock box. I’d neglected to bring the code to the lock box (long story about packing in a rush) and couldn’t bring the attachment up on my E-mail on my Android. Thus, I called the owner, who gave me the code to get in. When I walked in, I realized that I’d been in the WRONG casita earlier! This one looked like the photos. I freaked out, wondering if someone was already in the other casita and had gone through my stuff. I ran over there, but it looked like no one had been there. I transferred my stuff to the right casita, relocked the door and put the keys back where I’d found them. In reality, this casita is nicer, anyway. There are vigas ceilings in every room, a skylight in the bedroom, nice tiles in the kitchen and bathroom, as well as ceiling fans in the bedroom and living room.
Last night at the Opera was great. The Santa Fe Opera is outdoors in a very modern building. Rather than having super titles posted above the stage, every seat has a little screen in front of them. You press once for English titles and twice for Spanish titles. I saw “La Traviata,” which is the opera that I’d already seen in Venice. Although I didn’t care for the set of the first two acts, it was a very clever little production. Plus, the man sitting next to me was quite nice; his son works for the Opera. When he left, he tried to say something to me in Italian. I told him (in Italian) that I speak a little Italian. Then he tried to say something to me in French. So I told him (in French) that I speak a little French, even better than my Italian!
Here are a few photos taken yesterday. I’m about to dash off to breakfast, shopping and more photo taking. Enjoy!
