Just Scratching the Surface of Medellin
February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Medellin is, by all means, a modern city. After we overcame the intial shock of the sheer beauty of the city’s placement, within and along a valley and river amongst the Andes, it is Medellin’s level of urban development that hovered in the forefront of our minds. And it is Medellin’s history of urban development […]
The Art of Colombian Hospitality and Name Assignment
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Our next venture into Colombia landed us in Bucaramanga, Diego’s hometown. Bucaramanga is nestled into a plateau within the Colombian Andes, and by all accounts seems an idyllic place to grow up. Bucaramanga’s climate hovers at 72 degrees year-round, and the city is internationally renown for its vast array of parks (one of which Diego […]
When we find that city……El Dorado
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bogota has much to offer visiting tourists. Parks? Some of the biggest in Colombia. Religious sanctuaries? How about a monastery atop a mountain, accessible only by a cable car naturally. Museums, colonial architecture, some of the worst traffic in the world, fine dining, a sprawling University system, botanical garden, and night clubs? You bet, it’s […]
Manizales: The Birthplace of Diego, Juan Valdez, and “Where’d you get that accent?”
January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We’ve awoken from our Colombian coma ready to fill you in on our Gran Paseo de Colombia. After El Ano Nuevo, Diego made a last minute change in the plans: “This really makes no sense, but yesterday I decided we should go to the town where I was born, Manizales.” We were previously headed to […]
Hasta La Vista…El Ano Viejo
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It has been a while since we last checked in, but here is an attempt to recap how we spent New Year’s Eve in Colombia. After a six-day stint in Cartagena, we were ready to set off to Medellin, where we would get to meet up with Diego, meet his fiance and family for the […]
Cartagena de Indias: We’d never dream we’d meet somewhere like you
January 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Well, it’s been a while since we last posted. But not because we’ve been out of the Internet matrix or macheteing our way through the jungle. Nope. We’ve been lucky enough to be touring all of Colombia with our good Colombian friend, Diego, who is getting married in Medellin this Saturday. But instead of relaxing […]
