I have said this before, but I really cannot stress it enough – when you’re walking down the streets of the Candelaria, be a snoop and peek into all the opened doors you pass by. Why? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, it’s because you never know what you might come across. A funky little […]
Tag: Literature and Art
It just takes a short stroll through La Candelaria to feel the history beneath your feet – the cobble stone pathways, the narrow streets. But look up and the buildings which line the walkways are too steeped in a rich history. Having lived in La Candelaria for the last few months, I tend to walk […]
Amazon.com Widgets –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– For 15 more books to read before visiting Colombia click here. Like so many people, I first fell in love with Colombian through the pages of a book. No prizes for guessing which book it was either. Yes, it was through the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia […]
Bogotá has been called ‘The Athens of South America’ thanks to the wealth of museums and galleries in the city. But art doesn’t stop at the doors of the gallery; Bogotá is a city that lives and breathes art, as is evidenced by the sheer quantity of street art that decorates the city’s streets. –> […]
“I feel that I’m a native of any country in Latin America” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Whilst this statement may be true, Colombian literary hero Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Gabo for short) was in fact born in the small town of Aracataca, a stiflingly hot and dusty place in the banana […]
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it” (Gabriel García Márquez) –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I once met Gabriel García Márquez’s biographer, who assured me (over a questionable plate of unagi) that Colombia’s best-loved writer was, in fact, the world’s best-loved writer. […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Fernando Botero, the globally renowned Colombian artist, turns 80 today, and to celebrate his life we here at See Colombia have put together 80 facts about Señor Botero (some may or may not be true): His full name is Fernando Botero Angulo. He was born in Medellin, Colombia […]
It’s called the ‘Fiesta of One Thousand Faces’, but undoubtedly there will be many more than that at this year’s Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá (Iberoamericano Theatre Festival in Bogotá). –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The festival, now one of the biggest in the world, started in 1988. Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio wanted to celebrate […]
The cover of the 2012 edition of the Footprint Travel Guides’ Colombia Handbook features a quote from British travel guru Michael Palin: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– “Sets the pace for the rest to follow.” When it comes to guidebooks for Colombia, Palin’s words couldn’t ring truer. Not only do Footprint bring their editions out […]
We’ve written before about Colombian culture and the country’s artistic exports. It’s a country full of artistic inspiration, talented writers, painters, and the amount of museums, galleries and culture festivals here in Colombia is testament to that. But it’s not all about celebrating Colombia’s past achievements in the world of art – today (Monday 21st March 2011), the highly-coveted Alfaguara Literary […]