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  As it was my birthday we wandered into Taos plaza and found a bar with an upstairs terrace and a view over the plaza. The afternoon had turned out a lot warmer although not tee shirt weather. While I had the time I photographed some of the adobe walls which are so beautiful. Wouldn't do in Staffordshire though! I continued this as we walked home and got some nicer sunnier shots.

By lunchtime all the balloons had ascended and the field was clearing of people. The house we had rented was not far from the centre of Taos so we decided to walk back there for lunch. Our walk took us up the main drag and through Taos Plaza, a square which was un-metalled and composed of adobe shops and a central bandstand. A lot of the shops were typically 'American' which amused me. Cannabis seemed to be legal in New Mexico Coming out of the plaza we passed the large church of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This church was built in 1961 to replace an older church that had been built by the Franciscans in 1801, but had been destroyed by fire. We saw several more interesting buildings as we walked west to the outskirts of town and our house, including the Taos branch of the University of New Mexico and something called 'The Chicken Coop"!. Finally, as we got clear of the housing we could see the back drop of mountains to our north.