Saturday 21st: at Acoma and Albuquerque

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Pueblo de Acoma was waiting for us for a rather peculiar guided tour.

Saturday 21 was another long tiring day. Several times we loaded everything on the vans and downloaded it again. We toured small roads through the desert and major highways filled with traffic entering the city of Albuquerque. And with such a tight agenda, we were unable to enjoy any stretch of the old Highway 66, even though we were driving along side.


Paco & Ángel with the abuelita who asked us for a song and then got emotional.
After the morning presentation, we visited the Pueblo de Acoma.

The map at the hotel made it crystal clear: we were right next to Highway 66 and we had to take advantage of it.


And from Ácoma directly to Albuquerque for another presentation.


The church was practically full.


Enrique explains what Christmas rondas are.


The group rests in between songs...


...while Edmundo & Natalia provide the explanations...


...and Manuel & Tito pose for the camera.


After a standing ovation and long applause that we did not expect and made us become excited, public and musicians were invited to dinner together in the dining room of the church, with delicious dishes kindly provided by the parishioners themselves. And from there to the hotel, after a day no less tiring, aware that very early the next morning we would have to leave for the airport and go back to Spain.

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