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Albuquerque

Writing by Rich on April 9, 2007

Greetings from Albuquerque, where we’ve spent the past couple of nights. The largest and fastest growing city in New Mexico, Albuquerque suffers a bit from sprawl, but there are some pretty cool parts of town once you look. We drove through Nob Hill and checked out the houses, and even got into a couple of open houses in other parts of the city. We weren’t overly impressed with what we saw — the ones we went into weren’t exactly bargains.

A few things did appeal to us though. For one, after living so far from anything, it’s nice to see a town that has a Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Wild Oats market!

Yesterday was Easter, so lots of places were closed, especially restaurants. But we did okay; the food has been pretty good, though we’ve been stuffed as a result. The Karnita’s breakfast at Garcia’s is to die for!

In an effort to work some of it off, we got in a hike at Petroglyph National Monument. The picture of the chile ristra was taken at the visitor center. This morning we had breakfast at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (the breakfast burrito was excellent), and took in the gift shop briefly. Now it’s off to Las Cruces, which I’ll report from next. We’ll end up in Albuquerque again near the end of the report, so I should get in another post on this area next week.

Maybe it’s just that it’s Easter, but traffic has been pretty low key. It looks like they spend a good amount on public infrastructure, a welcome change from California.

Category: Best cities and towns

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