Original post in English here –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Por supuesto cuando te mudas a otro país esperas encontrar muchas diferencias culturales. Para comenzar el idioma y aun, la forma en que se saludan o despiden, así mismo como interactúan con la familia y la comida, puede tomarte un tiempo para acostumbrarse. Sin embargo […]
Category: Expats in Colombia
For the last year, in Colombia, many of my conversations with fellow Brits or people from the States have, at some point, turned to what people’s expectations were or what their friends and family think of their trip to Colombia. Having returned for the UK for Christmas, I’ve dealt with this once again, but first-hand. […]
I remember travelling to Sri Lanka some years ago and being told that no matter how poor people were, going hungry was very rare as the abundance of fruit the country had to offer ensured there was always something to eat. Now I’m not sure if that’s the same here in Colombia, but certainly there’s an […]
La versión de este post en castellano aquí : https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2013/10/el-adios-de-un-ingles-que-ama-colombia/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Even as the rain dragged on in Bogota, leaving Colombia wasn’t easy. I found out I’d been offered a job in Berlin via a Skype call. I tapped my pen on the desk. I slowly lowered my gaze down to my interview […]
As this Sunday is that oh-so-romantic day “El DIa de Amor y Amistad” in Colombia, I thought it was worth bringing this one out of the archives. Maybe you’ll be inspired and be taken away by the romance of it all, maybe you’ll moan and groan about the artificial and commercial nature of the celebration […]
Vous savez ce que j’aime chez les Colombiens? Qu’ils parlent avec l’accent mexicain et ressemble aux Mexicains. Attendez, quoi? C’est pas vrai, si ? Non, ce ne sont que les Mexicains. Mais d’où vient cette erreur? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Il y a de nombreux films qui ne représentent que certains aspects de […]
There are times when learning a language that you’re stunned at the similarities. For example there’s an old Spanish proverb (“A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente“) that literally means “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. Who’dathunk it? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are times, however, when you’re left baffled by […]
Have you gone totes cray-cray? According to Education First´s survey of 54 countries whose official language isn´t English, Colombia comes in 50th place for the level of English spoken. So… if you’re going to Travel to Colombia, you´ve got to hablah a bit of Es-pan-ol, to even think about coming here, right? –> Colombia Dolar […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– God and Satan. Edison and Tesla. Capitalism and Communism. Todos Ricos and De Toditos. Gilesy and Plantain.There have been some great rivalries in world history, but none as great as that between Colombia´s two biggest cities: Medellín and Bogotá. This rivalry roughly falls into a pattern you may see […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Being a gringo in Colombia can mean a lot of things. If you´re unlucky enough to be me, it can mean that you can feel a bit uncomfortable with your body sometimes. It can mean that you don´t really understand what all this arepa fuss is about. What it […]