The River of lights

Casi a punto de volar para Mexico nuestras amigas Cynthia Wooley Y Janice Heart nos invitaron a un espectaculo unico tradicional de la epoca decembrina aqui el Albuquerque: “El Rio de las Luces”. Ya que nos dijeron que esto era en el jardin botanico pense que seria una iluminación a lo largo de un rio o de la laguna que hay ahí…..pues casi era asi pero la verdad no esperabamos ver TODO el parque cubierto por diferentes figuras de luces: entre coches, animales, plantas, y flores y personajes navideños, muchisimas con movimiento, incluyendo una seccion en donde pequenos trenes cargando luminarias pasaban por un pueblito, rodeados de mucha gente que tambien admiraba las decoraciones , pasamos mas de un par de horas alimentando el espiritu, terminamos nuestra jornada con una grata cena en un restaurante llamado “Flying Star” , cuyos postres son exquisitos. Era 9 de Diciembre y contando…ibamos a regresar a Xalapa para acompañar a mis papas en una importante celebración….


With our feet almost on the plane to fly back to Mexico Only for the break, our friends Cynthia Wooley and Janice Hart invited us to see a unique show which is also traditional during the Christmas Season here in Albuquerque: “The river of Lights”. Since they told us that this was a display in the Botanical garden, I thought it was going to be something like lights all along a river or the lake there… well I was close but not so close we really didn’t expect to see ALL that section of the park covered by different figures made of lights : among cars, animals, plants and flowers and of course Christmas characters , a lot of them with movement, including a section where 3 small trains carrying luminarias crossed a small town. Surrounded by a lot of people who had attended to see this great display , we spent more than a couple of ours “feeding our souls” . we ended our adventure that night at a nice restaurant called “flying star” which desserts are jus DELICIOUS. It was December 9th and we were about to go back to Xalapa to accompany my parents in an important celebration….