Jun
30
2012

Barrio Viejo

PhotosSaturday, June 30, 2012 - 11:55:41 am
(Posted Under: This Desert Life This Desert Life, Travel)
This morning started out with breakfast at Congress. Pancakes and a huge orange chocolate chip cookie. I'm pretty sure that thing was laced with cocaine. Absolutely to die for.

Then it was time to checkout, and head down to to Barrio Viejo, the historic district of downtown Tucson. Amazing. After a bit of a drive around, despite the heat we stopped and took a walk down Convent Street.

I've said it before - Tucson reminds me a lot of Melbourne. Certainly in comparison to Tempe/Phoenix. But also just in general. The historic district is no different, driving that "Melbourne" thing home even more. Admittedly with a lot more cactii than gum trees, and dirt rather than grass, but the fact remains. Walking through the streets of the barrio was very reminiscent of walking through streets of Fitzroy or Brunswick.

Did these amazing and colorful adobe structures make us question our decision to buy a house in Tempe? I'd be lying if I said it didn't. [wink] But as we said so many times last night, when it all goes horrible wrong, we'll just move to Tucson.

There were no shortage of opportunities for great photos, and there were more than a few haciendas along Convent Street that I recognized from photos and paintings seen in stores and at the Tempe Arts Festival each year.


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Of course, it was this photo that proved to be my pièce de résistance this morning.

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Writing this, I'm surprised that I didn't take more photos. After all, I've been dying to shoot subjects like this. But then I remember the deterrent of spending a lot of time out there - that bad crazy sun. [wink]

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