La semana de la Feria de las Flores en Medellín cada año es un espectáculo muy grande que atrae un gran número de colombianos y extranjeros para disfrutar de los diferentes eventos culturales. A principio de siempre tiene lugar lo que es probablemente la segunda fiesta más grande del país (después del Carnaval de Barranquilla) […]
Tag: Medellin
Recientemente se publicó un artículo en El Tiempo sobre lo que Bogotá necesita para convertirse en una “ciudad global”. Ya veo a Bogotá como una ciudad aparentemente cosmopolita e internacional, pero entiendo lo que dice el artículo. De hecho, es un tema en el que hemos pensado antes en Colombia Travel Blog. Con todas sus […]
There was recently an article in El Tiempo discussing what Bogotá needs in order to become a ‘global city’. I already see Bogotá as an ostensibly cosmopolitan, international city, but I understand what the article is saying. Indeed, it’s a topic we at the Colombia Travel Blog have thought about before. For all its virtues, […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Walking tours can be pretty hit-and-miss as far as I’m concerned – you either end up with a fascinating insight into a culture or moment of history (e.g. Bogota’s excellent graffiti tour or, the best walking tour I have ever taken, the civil war walking tour of Sarajevo in […]
–> 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 […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Medellin has become famous over the past few years for it’s impressive commitment to innovative and progressive social and architectural projects. It clearly still has it’s issues to sort out, like many global cities, but in going from the world’s most dangerous city in the 90s to ‘most innovative’ […]
En realidad no tengo idea si María del Mar vaya a escoger ser blogger de viajes o no cuando le toque decidir qué hacer con su vida, lo que si se es que ahora mismo estamos criando una ciudadana del mundo y que eso será una herramienta muy valiosa para tomar decisiones en el futuro. […]
“Como caraqueña vengo de una ciudad con problemas de violencia y Medellín representa la esperanza de poder recuperarse”. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Quien dice eso es Arianna Arteaga Quintero , una de las bloggers que nos está acompañando en Medellín, nuestra ciudad adoptiva desde Diciembre, y el destino que elegimos para lanzar el […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– One of my favorite things to do with kids (or aunts, uncles, friends, anyone really) in Medellin is to take the metrocable to Parque Arvi. This day trip will take you from the most urban to the most rural areas of Medellin, and give you a whole new perspective of the city. […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I’m Megan Kennedy; I lived in Chile and traveled in Central and South America in my pre-kid days, when the Internet was young and so was I. I didn’t make it to Colombia until 2012, when I moved with my husband and two young boys to Medellín. I immediately fell in love […]