Venice

I can't get over just how green the canals are—maybe I don't want to know why. Anyway, back home in Albuquerque, everyone is getting ready for this weekend's start of the annual Balloon Fiesta!

For the locals, Balloon Fiesta means not getting into restaurants without a reservation, not being able to travel to some regions of the city because of the directions the balloons are traveling (and landing), and, most importantly, terrible driving as the balloon teams try to retrieve their landed balloons.

More on the balloons later this week.