Welcome to my birthday week!
During this time in my life, I was a huge Breaking Bad fan. I claimed to be such a big fan that I decided to fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to celebrate my birthday by treating myself to all the spots that were part of the show.
My birthday falls on April 23rd, which was a Monday, so the plan was to leave work early on Friday and return on Monday evening. I had taken the leave of absence from work on Monday.
It was very difficult to find the flights to Albuquerque from Detroit, that’s why I had to book a flight from Columbus, OH to Albuquerque, NM via Denver, CO. I had an 18-hour layover at Denver, CO, which gave me a small window to explore one more city and state and add it to my list of visited places.
I was really excited when I booked the tickets. It was very hard to contain my excitement just thinking that I would get to witness all the spots from my favorite TV show of all time.
The drive from home to Cleveland airport was such a breeze. It was late Spring and early Summer, so there was construction traffic everywhere. I had to wait 15 minutes in the traffic jam when I was 20 minutes away from the airport. It was frustrating as I thought I would miss my flight to Denver. Fortunately, it didn’t come to this and I reached Denver safely.
Upon landing in Denver, I rented a car and checked in to my Airbnb. After freshening up a little bit, I set forth to explore the city of Denver. As it was already past 7PM, I knew I had only a few hours before I go back to my Airbnb, have a good night sleep, wake up and get ready for my flight to Albuquerque.
When I was researching about the must-see places in Denver, Colfax Avenue was the first street that popped up in the Google results. I knew with only a few hours and just a long night ahead of me, this was the place I should visit and look for other attractions which were closer to this. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything that I could visit in such a short time.
It was 25 minutes drive from my Airbnb to the Colfax Avenue. Upon reaching there, it was hard to find a parking spot, which took about 5-10 minutes more. As soon as I parked the car, it was time explore and see what this street had to offer.
At first, the street looks like just any other street. I was like, this doesn’t impress me much. But, after spending a few more minutes on that street and checking out more attractions that the street had to offer, I was engaged in what the street had to offer. They had decorated the street with nice lights, giving more welcoming look. I walked almost 5 blocks of the street and checked out all the tall buildings that the street had to offer.
When I reached what felt like the end of the road, I decided to explore some other part of the street which was not on the Colfax Avenue. I was pleasantly surprised to find out some cool statues and sculptures in the area, which seemed like Instagram worthy!
I think setting low expectations played in my favor as I found myself to be satisfied at the end of this quick stop.
Anyway, after spending a couple hours, it was time to have a quick bite before crashing for the night. I had a long day ahead of me the next day, with some more Denver exploration and finally catching a flight to Albuquerque, NM.
Next stop: Some more Denver, and then Albuquerque, NM.
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