Hello from Colombia,
Today we took some time to explore the old downtown of Bogota. We had a wonderful tour guide, Hernando. He is the son of our adoption coordinator and is an anthropology student at one of the universities in Bogota. We started our excursion by visiting the Museo del Oro, or the Gold Museum. This museum highlights the cultural history of Colombia pre-european contact. The majority of artifacts on display are, you guessed it, gold. Hernando did an excellent job of explaining the significance of the different items and also gave us a unique insite into the history of the different native tribes that were living in the different regions of Colombia.
After the museum Hernando took us on a walking tour of the colonial center of Bogota. This is where the Spanish conquistadors set up the original city of Bogota. Many of the buildings in this area date back to the 1820's and older. It is a very beautiful area with colorful Spanish colonial buildings, stone roads and a mountain backdrop behind it all. Also located in this section of Bogota were all the government buildings, including the presidents home.
While exploring Bogota we happened upon an organic cafe that served traditional Colombian foods. We also had the opportunity to give Athena her 1st bottle lunch outside of the hotel. We weren't sure how it was going to go over, but she did great and finished the entire bottle in record time. Our lunch was awesome. We had big steaming bowls of absolutely delicious home made soups called Ajiaco & Sancocho De Gallina along with corn flat breads and pico de gallo with avacados. It was so good! It was also very affordable. The thee of us had more than we could possibly eat for about $12 dollars U.S. Processed food is very expensive however. The other day at the grocery store we paid about $4 for a can of Pringles. The home made food of course, was much better than the Pringles:)
Love from Bogota
The Zuges
Today we took some time to explore the old downtown of Bogota. We had a wonderful tour guide, Hernando. He is the son of our adoption coordinator and is an anthropology student at one of the universities in Bogota. We started our excursion by visiting the Museo del Oro, or the Gold Museum. This museum highlights the cultural history of Colombia pre-european contact. The majority of artifacts on display are, you guessed it, gold. Hernando did an excellent job of explaining the significance of the different items and also gave us a unique insite into the history of the different native tribes that were living in the different regions of Colombia.
After the museum Hernando took us on a walking tour of the colonial center of Bogota. This is where the Spanish conquistadors set up the original city of Bogota. Many of the buildings in this area date back to the 1820's and older. It is a very beautiful area with colorful Spanish colonial buildings, stone roads and a mountain backdrop behind it all. Also located in this section of Bogota were all the government buildings, including the presidents home.
While exploring Bogota we happened upon an organic cafe that served traditional Colombian foods. We also had the opportunity to give Athena her 1st bottle lunch outside of the hotel. We weren't sure how it was going to go over, but she did great and finished the entire bottle in record time. Our lunch was awesome. We had big steaming bowls of absolutely delicious home made soups called Ajiaco & Sancocho De Gallina along with corn flat breads and pico de gallo with avacados. It was so good! It was also very affordable. The thee of us had more than we could possibly eat for about $12 dollars U.S. Processed food is very expensive however. The other day at the grocery store we paid about $4 for a can of Pringles. The home made food of course, was much better than the Pringles:)
Love from Bogota
The Zuges
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