LOS CARROZAS
SPANISH CHRISTMAS RONDA

Pueblo de Acoma was waiting for us for a rather peculiar guided tour. Saturday 21 was another long tiring day. Several times we loaded everything on the vans and downloaded it again. We toured small roads through the desert and major highways filled with traffic entering the city of Albuquerque. And with such a tight agenda, we were unable to enjoy any stretch of the old Highway 66, even though we were driving along side. Paco & Ángel with the abuelita who asked us for a song and then got emotional. After the morning presentation, we visited the Pueblo de Acoma. The map at the hotel made it crystal clear: we were right next to Highway 66 and we had to take advantage of it. And from Ácoma directly to Albuquerque for another presentation. The church was practically full. Enrique explains what Christmas rondas are. The group rests in between songs... ...while Edmundo & Natalia provide the explanations... ...and Manuel & T

Manuel, Álex and Edmundo with their hosts. The farewell from our hosts in Tularosa on the morning of Friday 20th was most emotional. They had ordered breakfast prepared for everyone, as well as some burritos for the road, although more than one could not wait and ate the burrito right there... Breakfast at Panadería Loredo's. The hats at the dining room were very successful. Family photo before leaving Tularosa for Acoma. After the emotional farewell, saying goodbye to our friends from Tularosa, with kisses, hugs and some tears, we settled in the vans and went back to the New Mexico roads that had so much impressed us, with those endless straight lines (Who said that parallel lines never touch each other?) and those splendid landscapes. Once again, each zambomba takes its seat in the van, with the belt tightly fastened. Santiago ended up adapting to the local driving mode, especially after his incident with the police. The panoramas of the Amer