Just a Few Sights in Old Town

We found it a nice way to get out the house to drive to Old Town for a short stroll and cup of coffee.

San Felipe de Neri Church

Inside the church on the square in Old Town, we find some intense locations for veneration.

Things to See in Old Town, Albuquerque

In Old Town, there a buildings that are old and filled with character even if they are now filled with chachkies.

A Stop in Old Town Before Hitting the Road

Our exit from Bernalillo was a short day. We decided to break our trip In Gallup on a couple hours west on I-40. Thus, our first stop on the way was Old Town for a cup of coffee and a chai. As well some looking at the shops, of course.

Route 66 Through Albuquerque and Old Town

Once our house sit in Santa Fe ended, we drove down the I-25 toward Albuquerque to the Bernalillo for another sit. This one came up while we were in Santa Fe and it worked out very nicely.

After visiting the petroglyphs that you saw yesterday, we decided to drive along the old route 66 through Albuquerque just to see what we could see.

The Church of the Elevation of the Cross

The Church of the Elevation of the Cross is externally still mostly in good shape even if very little remains inside. Above you can see the spire of the church with the Bratislava Castle on the hill in the distance. And before you ask, we did not visit the castle.

Bratislava, Slovenia

For a change of scenery, we headed over to Slovakia to see a little of the Old Town in Bratislava. All thing are possible when you are retired and the train tickets and hotels are cheap. Above is the street (pedestrian) just outside our hotel. At the end of the street is Michael's Gate. This is only remaining of the four original medieval gates to the city. It was built in 1300 and reconstructed in 1758 in its current form.

Old Town in the Evening

By the evening of the first day, the gray skies had lifted and pink clouds helped frame patches of the late-day blue sky.

Church of St. Nicholas

On the edge of the Old Town square sits the Church of St. Nicholas. Unlike the catholic church dedicate to the same saint in Valencia, Spain, this is a Hussite church. On the information board in the church is says that they are basically Presbyterians "with Episcopal elements."

The Top of Old Town Hall

Going inside the town hall and paying the entry fee gets you to the bottom of the elevator shaft that sits in the open center of the tower. The design of the railings and the sides of the round elevator in the multi-storied structure make an interesting pattern.

A First Visit to Old Town Prague

One our first day in Prague, we headed out early, at least by Prague standards. We spent what seemed like all morning walking fairly empty streets. Until they weren't. Next thing you know, there are swarms of tourists everywhere.

But before that, we saw some interesting things. For example, the art work suspended above the street in the photo above, is a man hanging by one hand. From the Atlas Obscura:

First created in 1996, the work known as “Zavěšený muž” (“Man Hanging Out”) is the vision of Czech sculptor David Černý, whose work can actually be found all across Prague. Many of Cerny’s works are seen as somewhat deliberately provocative, and this one is no different. The dangling Freud is surprisingly lifelike at a distance, and a number of people have sincerely taken it for a person in danger. However, it is simply a sculptural statement about intellectualism in the 20th century and Černý’s uncertainty about it.