Old Town

After the Aquarium/Gardens, we spent some time walking around Old Town in Albuquerque, an historic district founded by the Spanish in 1706. It's a tourist trap for sure, but it has a lot of charm and history, and LOTS of great art and jewelry. At the center of the little village is a small park (a central plaza if you will), and a church dating back to 1793. Surrounding that is a collection of adobe buildings housing restaurants, cafes, souvenir shops, art galleries, etc. Along one end of the street, jewelry makers line their goods out on the sidewalk for display. If I had any money right now, I would spend it right there.

If you get off the beaten path and away from the center of town, there's all kinds of hidden gardens and patios and brick paths that lead to old fountains... just a very cool place. We also grabbed a not-so-great lunch from a place that managed to serve me the BEST SANGRIA EVER. It more than made up for the sub-par food.