{"id":9384,"date":"2013-08-01T11:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=9384"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:44:49","slug":"welcome-to-the-team-lydia-bienvenue-dans-lequipe-lydia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/08\/welcome-to-the-team-lydia-bienvenue-dans-lequipe-lydia\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the team, Lydia! Bienvenue dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe Lydia!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seems just like yesterday, when I was still a wide-eyed innocent lad of 33 years, new to big, brash Bogot\u00e1; a fresh fish<\/a> in the See Colombia Travel pond. Now I\u00b4m a travel-hardened, world-weary old man of 34, wise to the customs of the near-imaginary See Colombia Travel Towers. No longer a fresh-faced lad looking for adventure, I am now a proud Man of the Watch. The night is dark and full of terrors.<\/p>\n

It is with this experience that I welcome a new member to the Towers, ready to take the oath. Lydia, our French connection, will be defending Colombia with a heady, French-flavoured internationalism, suring up a chink we had in our armour – everybody else here is terrible at the French language.<\/p>\n

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\"Ahhh...<\/a>
Ahhh… Jacques Costeau!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here\u00b4s Lydia, already turning our former weakness into great strength:<\/p>\n

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Salut, je m\u2019appelle Lydia, j\u2019ai 24 ans, je suis Fran\u00e7aise et j\u2019habite \u00e0 Bogot\u00e1 depuis 6 mois.\u00a0Je suis une \u00e9trang\u00e8re dans un monde \u00e9trange. Grande passionn\u00e9e de voyage et d\u2019\u00e9criture, je suis\u00a0avide de d\u00e9couvertes et j\u2019adore partager mes aventures.<\/p>\n

Je dis souvent que je ne suis pas Fran\u00e7aise mais internationale, ou citoyenne du monde.\u00a0Je viens d\u2019un petit village perdu en Franche-Comt\u00e9, \u00e0 l\u2019est de la France. J\u2019aime y retourner pour me\u00a0reposer, mais tr\u00e8s vite le go\u00fbt du voyage me reprend, et je repars !<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir v\u00e9cu \u00e0 Barcelone et \u00e0 Malte, j\u2019ai choisi de venir en Colombie car j\u2019avais besoin d\u2019un\u00a0d\u00e9paysement, de voir d\u2019autres paysages, d\u2019autres gens et d\u2019autres mentalit\u00e9s. Et je ne regrette\u00a0absolument pas, la Colombie a tellement \u00e0 offrir !<\/p>\n

Comme je dis toujours, ce n\u2019est pas la France que fuis, c\u2019est la routine.\u00a0C\u2019est donc avec grand plaisir que je rejoins l\u2019\u00e9quipe fantastique de See Colombia Travel! En\u00a0esp\u00e9rant vous plaire !<\/p>\n

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\"Lydia,<\/a>
Lydia, getting excited about joining the team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The heartiest welcome to the Watch from all of us here at the See Colombia Travel Towers. You have a new family, now, Lydia. Be proud!<\/p>\n

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Watch this space for Lydia\u00b4s future adventures in French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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