I didn’t know what to expect when we flew into Albuquerque, as I’d never been there and had only brief glimpses from the show Breaking Bad. I ended up liking the city a lot, especially the Old Town area.
Old Town dates back to the founding of the city by the Spanish in 1706.
There’s a nice plaza with a gazebo,
Cool shops with a retro vibe and unusual stuff to buy:
I especially liked this place, Vintage Cowgirl. The displays were far from run-of-the-mill:
An interesting name.
There were flowers and art galleries too.
Even the benches were artistic.
It was cool in October, so quite a few places had fires going. I loved that.
Lots of adobe.
This may be my new favorite color combo.
More on Tuesday.
Great weekend, everyone!
{carole}
Pearls & Prose 
I worked on my undergrad degree at UNM. Love the southwest. Your great pics make me long for a visit! Thanks
What a wonderful place to study. Glad you enjoyed the photos. 🙂
How beautiful. I’ve only been once and it was when we were driving from California to Colorado during our move to Colorado. I didn’t have a great impression since it was windy and every time I stepped outside I got belted with sand. I always associate it with sand. Looks much different through your eyes.
I’ve heard the dust storms in Arizona and New Mexico can be downright frightening, so I understand your association. Hope you can go back when it’s calm, TBM.
I might have imagined, based not on experience but on an intuition of sorts — quite evidently flawed — that colors in New Mexico would tend to be washed out, in the sense of a bleaching by the sun. I’d have figured colors fade quickly around there, but . . . obviously not the case. The rich colors are fun to see. Thanks!
Yes, I thought the same thing and was surprised at the richness of color in New Mexico.
That sun bench is really fun — a nice place to sit and read for a while under a shady tree. 🙂
Definitely in the shade. Can you imagine how hot it would get in the summer?
Lovely shots. I love that bench and the last picture as well.
Breaking Bad didn’t really make it look that good.
Thanks, Caroline.
Yeah, they didn’t show the best parts of Albuquerque in Breaking Bad. I think I read that the city was not happy with its portrayal in the series.
I understand that. It didn’t make me want to visit. Not like your photos.