–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Read the English version of this post here: “Christmas in Colombia vs. Christmas in the USA” Después de haber celebrado 24 temporadas de Navidad en casa con mi familia en los Estados Unidos, estoy bastante acostumbrada a las tradiciones, canciones y festividades. Este año todo es nuevo ya que […]
Tag: Colombian Culture
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are 32 departments in Colombia, and I’d bet that the average visitor to the country only visits around 6 or 7, perhaps even fewer. Most people who spend more time here will make it to some of the more off-the-beaten-track destinations, yet there are many regions that have […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Have you ever heard of the Autocomplete Interview? It’s a popular YouTube interview series by WIRED (a well-known technology magazine) in which celebrities answer the web’s most asked question about themselves (check out my favorite one here starring Ice Cube). You know how Google fills in your search as you […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In 1916 6 Arhuacos set off from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta for Bogotá. They walked the entire way from the world’s highest coastal mountain range to the Colombian capital. It took them 6 months to arrive at the Narino Palace to meet with the Colombian president, Jose Vicente […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– En en mi país, Austria, o cualquier otro país de Europa (e incluso Norteamérica, me imagino) me llaman solamente por mi nombre o si es en un ambiente más formal de pronto por mi apellido, pero acá en Colombia tienen mucho más formas de llamarme – unas que suenas lindo, […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia awoke this morning to the news that President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end Colombia’s 52 year civil war with FARC guerrillas. The president’s hopes for the prize seemed to have been crushed by his country’s marginal decision to […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 4 years since the Colombian government negotiation team and representatives of the FARC guerrillas first sat down at the negotiation table to thrash out a deal to end Colombia’s half-century conflict, Colombians went to the polls yesterday to vote on whether to ratify the deal or not. ‘SI’ or […]
Ó… Las casas abandonadas de Nariño, Antioquia Hola a todos los viajeros por Colombia, los extranjeros viviendo en esta hermosa tierra y a todos los enamorados de este país que nos siguen desde otras partes, muchos de ustedes seguramente se han dado cuenta que los colombianos pronto van a votar en el plebiscito por el SI […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday (September 26, 2016) the Colombian state and the FARC guerrilla group (now officially a political party) put pen to paper on a peace deal that has taken over 4 years to agree on, which puts an end to a war which began in 1964 and has claimed hundreds […]
Debo confesar que cuando salió la oportunidad de viajar a Bogotá con Avianca (ver video completo aqui) no me sentí tan feliz como uno pensaría (Por fa no se pongan bravos conmigo… esto mejora ;)). Sobre mí estaba cayendo la mega responsabilidad de ser la anfitriona de un capítulo de 3 Travel Blogger en mi […]