[slideshow] Buenos Dias! We awoke to birds singing, and the smell of freshly washed air after last night’s rain. So lovely not to wake up to an alarm. Breakfast was hearty with eggs, toast, cereal, juice and, of course, as much coffee (Hacienda Venecia coffee!) as you wish. […]
[slideshow] We awoke minutes before the alarm at 6:00am. Today we fly to Manizales and from there, on to Manizales for our three day stay on a working coffee farm, Hacienda Venecia. This is one of the areas I have been waiting to experience, El Cafetero, the coffee zone. Victor is […]
[slideshow] We awoke at 6:30 am completely refreshed and ready to start our sightseeing day. The sun is glorious this morning and a balmy temperature of 22C. Following breakfast, we book a Tourism taxi to take us to the Teleferico (cable car) up to Cerro Monserrate, and a look around the Colonial barrio […]
[slideshow] Happy New Year 2017! We must have been pooped from our journey as we slept in late this morning. Although the weather reports threatened rain, it was a beautiful sunny day. We, however we’re feeling a wee bit under the weather (could have been the wine and champagne, or possibly […]
[slideshow] New Year’s Eve dawns with luminous black clouds and more rain. Our alarm goes off at 7am and Fero complains as it is only 4am at home. Following coffee, a shower and breakfast, he is much happier. We pack up and recreate our adventure from yesterday. We caught the bus […]
