We were fortunate to experience the annual solar eclipse on October 14th, 2023, at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival, renowned as the world's most photographed event. The hot air balloons launch only under favorable wind conditions, and we were able to witness the balloon launch on two out of the four days we were there.
Before sunrise, we enjoyed the Dawn Patrol Show, where a few balloons tested weather conditions, signaling the launch for others. Watching the special shape balloons, including designs like happy birthday, elephant, bees, sun, and stork was a delightful experience on one of the days. In the evening we enjoyed a Drone Light Show and fireworks. On the second day, we watched the Mass Ascension, a spectacle of over 500 balloons filling the sky. These balloons landed in various parts of the city throughout the day.
Surprisingly, the city of Albuquerque had a lot of vegetarian restaurants including an Ayurvedic restaurant Annapurna which also had an associated Ayurvedic cooking school.
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