PHOTO: PHILIP HARTIGAN
ew Mexicans take their chili seriously; when you order any local dish you’ll be asked if you want your chili red,
green, or Christmas, a combination of red and green.
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u Chilies hanging up to dry are a common sight in Albu- querque’s Old Town, and the food of the area makes full use of these spicy treats.
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Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum is a hands-on learning center, with more than 250 exhibits that encourage learning through activities. Visitors can make films or giant bubbles, build a dam, or create artwork.
enjoy what claims to be the largest collection of different species of live rattlesnakes in the world at the American International Rattlesnake Museum. Close by are a number of other museums, including the very impressive Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, the Planetarium, and Explora, a discovery museum for families. Around the central plaza and between the buildings of Old Town
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you will find walkways that lead you to hidden patios and shady court- yards. Old Town can get busy some- times with walking tours, weddings, and local and Native American artisans showing their wares, so these quiet corners are a welcome retreat from the crowded sidewalks. Just a short walk west of the plaza is a peaceful and pretty Spanish-style garden at the Hotel Albuquerque, as well as a charming reproduction of an early nineteenth-century chapel, San
Isidro de Capilla. West of Old Town off Central Avenue (old Route 66) is another fine place to find shade and cool greenery, the Albuquerque Aquarium and Rio Grande Botanic Garden. A favorite spot among locals, the aquarium’s watery exhibits are aswarm with children gasping at the toothy sharks and oohing over the colorful tropical fish, and the grassy areas of the garden are often scattered with picnicking families enjoying a day out.
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