[slideshow] Ahhh Medellin, the ‘City of Eternal Spring’, what a lovely city. The majority of people live in apartments or condominiums from the valley right up to the peaks surrounding the city. It is very dramatic and beautiful. The material of choice is brick, so tall red/brown structures are backed […]
[slideshow] Adios Marsella, Hola Medellin! We are up early, packed and ready to go by 7:00am, and then we look outside…..it’s pouring, and we have about 10-15 minutes to walk to the bus terminal. Thankfully, like most tropical storms, it is over in a few minutes and we head out. […]
[slideshow] Buenos Dias all. It has been a lovely, leisurely three days and therefore not too much to write. The town of Marsella is a gorgeous colonial town which is very quiet until the sun goes down. At that time, the people flock to the central plaza, the conversation (and […]
[slideshow] Buenos Dias. Another glorious day in Colombia. The clouds have disappeared and the sun is shining. Following breakfast we say our good byes to our new friends, the staff – Monica (Moni as she likes to be called), Marta, Lenora, Antonio, Guillermo, and Juan Pablo, and pay our bill. […]
[slideshow] Slept right through until 7am, so peaceful last night! We met everyone again at breakfast and said our farewells to Russell & Wendy and John & Denise. We have asked if we can listen in once again to some of the coffee tour as there was so much information […]
[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 […]
