Day 2
Alberquerque was a brilliant American town. With a 'Fuddruckers' dinner next door and an advertising sign for the "BEST AIRPORT PARKING ON PLANET EARTH" next to what-can-only-be-described as some concrete.
Our first breakfast buffet (of which I am a fan girl) was 6/10, with an array of mini-sized breakfast foods and some orange apple juice. We headed off in the early morning, past the University of New Mexico 'Occupy Wall Street' camp-out, to Bandelier National Monument in Santa Fe. The drive to Santa Fe encouraged me to be over-zealous in taking photos of the mountains and beautiful wide-open landscapes of New Mexico.
At Bandelier we stretched our legs and went for a circle-trail walk round the ancient settlements. Carvings in the walls, and ladders into the once-occupied caves provided a few jokes and a really interesting stop.
Next up was Bradbury Science Museum, but not before a 'Ruby K's Bagel's' lunch. We had a look around the Bradbury Science exhibitions, and watched a film on the history of the Manhattan Project. Further exploring, into the legacy of Los Alamos, led us to a small Los Alamos history centre and a really interesting conversation with one of the locals. We saw 'Bathtub Row' where all the important scientists and managers of the project stayed.
Conversations with locals didn't end there. Once reaching the 'Silver Saddle' motel in Sante Fe, the man at the desk recommended a visit to the Plaza in town and gave us some more information about Sante Fe. In the evening, we walked round the Plaza of Native jewellery etc and had a lovely dinner on the balcony of a second-floor Southwestern restaurant.
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