Well, as John mentioned in the last post, I was the first to fall victim to some mal del estomago. But being the amazing husband John is, he couldn’t let me do this alone. So we took our last couple days in Medellin slowly, while at times moving very quickly! We did manage to make it down to the Botanical Gardens at the Universidad metro stop. The gardens were gorgeous, well maintained, and free! I love flowers, and we also…
We had a late flight to Medellin on Tuesday. The airport we flew into is 45 minutes away from the city by taxi, in the mountains above the city. As you’re winding down the mountain, eventually you pop over the side, and the massive city spreads out through the entire valley thousands of feet below you. It’s stunning, seeing the endless city lights as far as you can see in either direction. And for some reason, at this point was…
Last night we flew from Cartagena to Medellin. It was a sad goodbye, as Cartagena has been good to us – our first home away from home. We really enjoyed the sights, the people, the food, and generally the weather. Given my horrific sunburn, our last couple days were pretty tame but still a ton of fun. See below! Laundry Even though we’d only been gone a week, we’d sweated through the majority of our clothes in Cartagena. Next to…
I brought my DSLR on this trip for a reason, and it wasn’t for all the extra weight. It was to take pretty pictures! Here are some of the pretty pictures we got so far in Cartagena. I hope you enjoy them, keep coming back because we’ll have plenty more! I hope you like wide angle pictures, because to keep weight down I only brought my wide angle lens for this trip, so you’re gonna get a ton of them….
One of the touristy things to do out of Cartagena is to take a speed boat out to the Islas Rosario and Playa Blanca. Not remotely above being tourists, we spent Thursday afternoon walking around town looking for a good tour. We settled on one sold by Optitours. They pick you up from your hotel, take you to the dock, and take you on a speed boat out to the islands and Playa Blanca. There, they give you lunch, beach…
For anyone who knows me, I’m notorious for not seeing wildlife when I travel. I’ve warned John of this affliction, and the likelihood that he’ll be the collateral damage in my animal viewing bad luck. But less than a week into our trip, we’ve come across not one but two wild animals without even trying! Wild Animals in the City? We were cutting through Parque del Centenario, a nondescript square outside the old walls, when we saw a bunch of…
We’re here! After a fairly stress-free day of travel, we’re settled in at our first home abroad, a lovely hotel in the Old City in Cartagena. We’re both getting into a Spanish-speaking mindset (Erika much more than I) and starting to explore the city. We’d predicted we’d end up spending a lot of time at the pool here… and apparently the hotel wanted to meet our needs, as they put us in the room right next to the pool. Who’s…
Hello! Thank you for checking up on us! That countdown showing “1” on our home page is taunting me, as I haven’t gotten a blog post together in a while, and… …we leave in the morning! We’re in Fort Lauderdale tonight, and tomorrow we leave for Cartagena. I’d hoped to have a few posts documenting our final preparation, but it turned out our final preparation took forever, and we’ve been up till 1 or 2 every night, and worked all…
Thanks for joining us on our blog! We’ve still got an incredible amount to do, and only two weeks in which to do it–I’m not stressed, are you stressed? But the plans for the first phase of our trip are coming together, so I wanted to put together an update about that. And the first phase is South America! We’ve known that for a while, but the whole of the South America phase has really started to take shape. We…
