Having lived in so many places throughout my life, I have a really hard time answering the question: "where are your from?"
Do I say upstate NY, because that's where I was born (even though we left when I was only 2 years old)? Or do I say Espanola, New Mexico, where I went to elementary and middle school? Or Santa Fe, New Mexico where I went to high school and my family lives now. Or maybe its San Francisco, where I had my first real taste of independent adult life. Or should it be New Orleans, where I was most recently before deciding to run off to Europe? Lets not forget about that life-changing year in India at 15....I feel like all of these places contributed to who I am, without all of them I would be a completely different person. "Where are you from?" feels like a question asking "What made you, you?" and the answer to that is all of the above.
But if you were to force me to pick a place to call home, one that isn't my recently adopted Athens, I would have to pick the one that actually makes me feel homesick from time to time, and that would be Santa Fe. There is a peace I feel in Santa Fe that I've never been able to replicate. There is also a beauty that is ever awe inspiring. So today I'd like to share some photos from one of the most beautiful places in the world, the mountains of Hyde Memorial State Park in Santa Fe. I find it particularly magical in winter, and the winter months always make me miss it. Luckily there is plenty of beautiful nature to be had in Greece to get me by.
So to those of you who have moved many times, where do you consider home? Is it one place or a mix of places? Let me know in the comments.
All photos taken by me using an iphone (because Santa Fe is so beautiful even a camera phone can capture some amazing shots)
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