Wednesday, March 14, 2012

SANTA BARBARA – AND ITS SPANISH HERITAGE





Santa Barbara is a charming town showing off its Spanish heritage.

*An old mission from the late 1700’s. Pictured below is the laundry trough where local Indians washed linens and clothes. The water was supplied by an aqueduct which ran several miles from a source in the nearby mountains.

*A spectacular county courthouse dedicated in 1929, built in mission style with elaborate patterned tiles and enormous murals depicting the Spanish landing in
Santa Barbara. For almost 160 years the courthouse site has been the home of local government and a place of civic pride and celebration.

*A surfeit of red tiled roofs all over town and visible from the courthouse bell tower.

In the midst of this Latin American architecture, we satisfied our longing for something not easily available in the Adirondacks -- Vietnamese food!

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