Ya es el tercer año paso en Colombia en diciembre y aunque ya conozca las tradiciones colombianas aún me impresiono cada diciembre nuevamente porque la verdad es que las tradiciones y costumbres sí son bastante distintas a las de Austria. Aquí va un resumen de las 5 diferencias más grandes entre la Navidad en Colombia y […]
Tag: Moving to Colombia
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The international accolades just keep coming for Colombia as 2016 winds down – fresh from being named Lonely’s Planet’s No. 2 pick for travel in 2017, the latest positive news for the once no-go country is that The Economist, an English weekly news magazine and one of the world’s […]
–> 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 […]
–> 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) <– Club de Tejo La 76 – Cra. 24 #76-56 – Here’s a link to Google Maps where you can see the exact location… Tejo might just be the greatest sport ever to be invented – it basically involves hurling heavy spherical chunks of metal at gunpowder, with the aim […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Moving to Colombia is something that is often met with trepidation from family and friends (not to mention by the mover him- or herself) – the common perception of Colombia as a dangerous and lawless place is changing, but this is still a prejudice held by many. However, the […]
La versión de este post en ingles aquí: “How I fell in love with Colombia” –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Admitiré una cosa para empezar: Colombia y yo, no fue amor a primera vista. Esto fue principalmente porque la “primera vista” fue a la ciudad fronteriza: Maicao en el desierto de La Guajira – crucé la […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I’ll admit one thing to begin with: Colombia and I, it wasn’t love at first sight. This was mainly because ‘first sight’ was the slightly illicit desert border town of Maicao in La Guajira – I crossed over that border in December 2009 to stock up on pesos to […]
1. The beaches are really disappointing –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 2. And the cities aren’t much better… 3. And don’t even get us started on the terrible weather! 4. The people are so closed and unfriendly… 5. They never seem to have any fun… 6. Everyone is always dressed in such dull and boring […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia’s growing network of technology-connected young people went into overdrive yesterday, following an emotional Facebook plea from a Swedish woman named Lena Wendt, explaining that her daughter, one Julia Wendt, had not been in contact with anyone since March 19 whilst traveling in Colombia. Julia had been in Medellin, […]