Another trip under the belt and another city discovered. As far as being a travel writer I've found that I'm not doing a very good job. I'm not taking pictures, but I started taking the post cards from the hotels I've stayed at.
So we decided to check out Albuquerque and Santa Fe: I found that I love green chilies, Albuquerque is small and easy to get around, and Santa Fe is very pretty tourist trap/fine arts gallery. While in the ABQ I spent most of the time trying to recognize places from Breaking Bad.
Albuquerque has a great river trail that runs down the Rio Grande, Paseo del Bosqe Bike Trail, 16 miles long. The city is split by the I-25 and the I-40 breaking it in to 4 sections. The Down Town is about 6 blocks long and has bars and night clubs. None of which I made it to. On the other side of the I-25 is the college, UNM. Here you'll find more bars and places to eat. And this is the area I spent most of the time. ABQ is a great place to discover the green chili. We happened to be there during the Founders Day Fiesta, and the "Old Town" was filled with people, music, and fun. We stopped at the local bookstore, Treasure House Books. (please support local bookstores) And we stayed at the Monterey Non Smokers Motel. This is a great, very clean, place to stay. Say hi to Gustav.
We then headed up to Santa Fe for our last night in New Mexico. Their down town, the capitol, is full of art galleries and art galleries. But they did have a very good pizza place,
Yes, the sign reads Sunday 11pm to 10pm?!? But the pizza is very good, the veggie pizza with green chilies is highly recommended. While in Santa Fe we stayed at The El Rey Inn.Over all the trip was great, it's always nice to just visit a new place. The thing I really like about New Mexico is the sky. It's always changing, you can just sit in one place and spend the whole day watching it. I really miss the Green Chilies.
some great food:
The Church St. Cafe - Best of the Trip - the best of the New Mexico cuisine.
Frontiers - Great place for Breakfast and All around diner food. I had the breakfast burrito, If you go here please do not pass up the green chili salsa served hot. I observed the locals and proceeded to poor it all over the burrito. Wonderful.
Kelly's Brew Pub - Great house-brewed beer selection (over 20 different kinds). And if you get there on the right night, Tango.
Einstein Bagels - Home of the Green Chile Bagel. Yes, I took some home.
Flying Star Cafe - Best Vegi Burger - the Alibi was right.
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