Letters to a friend...: Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

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We love traveling. We always capture tons of pictures from wherever we've been and we like sharing our traveling experiences with our friends. So, this is how this blog began - as short stories with pictures in an attempt to share where we've been and what we've seen. Even not stories , but just notes. Nothing serious and big. Mostly I'm writing these stories on a rush and sometimes even don't have time to re-read them. So, I apologize in advance for possible typos here and there. There can be some factual errors or inaccuracies and they even might be corrected one day. Don't hesitate to contact me if you find something that needs to be fixed and don't expect these notes to be a perfect novels ;) The stories in this blog are not in chronological order, but I will try to remember to put the date of the trip. So... welcome to this blog and, hopefully, you will find something interesting and have the same feeling we had when we were there. Let's go...

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Every year in October dozens of the balloons are taking off and stay in the air for hours. Wanna to see it? Go to New Mexico! Every October the Balloon Fiesta takes place in Albuquerque and this event is the biggest hot balloon festival in the World.

It starts long before dawn... Only cats can see clearly in the dark, but it doesn't stop hundreds of guests who are waiting... Waiting for the sun and colorful balloons to take off...

This is the mystical time when only the moon brings some light (not much, actually)... But finally... our eyes can see something, mostly the shapes and flames of the burners... and at a certain moment something big and bright starts shaking, moving, growing...

The hot air is hissing and the balloon looks more and more like a... balloon ;) A few more minutes and it is standing vertical and ready for taking off... And another one... and another and... They are not in the air yet, but everyone can see how impatient they are... This is an amazing show and everybody is trying to be as close as possible.

And here is the moment when the very first one leaves the ground and airborne now! It starts slowly moving across the field and towards the sky. The show is on now!

But most of the balloons are still staying on the ground, but acquiring more air and attracting more observers to admire.

The flames are escaping the burner and the crew is ready. Everybody is waiting for this moment when more and more balloons are taking off and just in a few minutes hundreds of balloons are rising into the sky...

Colorful balloons and fantastic creatures are floating around and going up and down, left and right... Some of them are landing before going airborne again, some of them are moving far away from the field... The fiesta is on the move and nothing can stop it...