(August 18th-30th) As Pascal was such a gracious host during my trip to Stuttgart, I was determined to show him true New Mexican hospitality during his visit to the land of enchantment. During his two weeks here, we set out to do the typical New Mexican things:
We toured Santa Fe and the local breweries...
We took in an opera at the open air opera house just North of Santa Fe...
We enjoyed minor league baseball at it's finest. True story: the Albuquerque Isotopes, a AAA affiliate of the Dodgers, used to be called the Dukes (Albuquerque is the Duke city after all). After the Simpsons featured an episode in which Mr. Burns moved the Springfield Isotopes to Albuquerque, the management thought it was appropriate to change the name of the real Albuquerque baseball team to the Isotopes as well. I can't make stuff like that up!
We traveled to the top of the Sandias, and enjoyed drinks at the bar there while waiting for sunset...
And, of course, we provided Pascal with some serious, American steaks at Vernon's, when we weren't enjoying New Mexican cuisine, or other types of typical American food.
As always, it was too short of a visit, but we managed to get some work done together in preparation of my visit to Stuttgart a few weeks later...
We toured Santa Fe and the local breweries...
We took in an opera at the open air opera house just North of Santa Fe...
We enjoyed minor league baseball at it's finest. True story: the Albuquerque Isotopes, a AAA affiliate of the Dodgers, used to be called the Dukes (Albuquerque is the Duke city after all). After the Simpsons featured an episode in which Mr. Burns moved the Springfield Isotopes to Albuquerque, the management thought it was appropriate to change the name of the real Albuquerque baseball team to the Isotopes as well. I can't make stuff like that up!
We traveled to the top of the Sandias, and enjoyed drinks at the bar there while waiting for sunset...
And, of course, we provided Pascal with some serious, American steaks at Vernon's, when we weren't enjoying New Mexican cuisine, or other types of typical American food.
As always, it was too short of a visit, but we managed to get some work done together in preparation of my visit to Stuttgart a few weeks later...
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