Bogota, Colombia, South America I went to the cinema today for the first time in four months. I noticed the other night when we went to Hard Rock Cafe that there was a cinema in that mall, so I walked up there and saw the new Transformers movie, Age of Extinction. It wasn’t good. As usual, there was a lot of action and the CGI was incredibly impressive, but the plot was lacking, a lot. It was still nice to…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I got up this morning and got a bus into the city center, to an area called Candelaria. I got the bus to the university, and then walked into the old town, to Bolivar Square. I found the tourist information center and joined the free walking tour that starts there every day at 10am. Our tour guide, “Chris”, who was Colombian, didn’t speak English very well at all. He was able to get his point across,…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today was a chilled research day for me. I didn’t do much during the day except send out a couple of emails to Spanish schools in the area and try to figure out what I should see in Bogota. I met Melissa after she finished work again and we went out Hard Rock Cafe for dinner! This was my 42nd HRC in the world, and my first in South America. I was surprised at how cheap…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I didn’t get up to much today, except for checking out the area around my house hotel. It seems like a pretty good location in the Chapinero neighborhood in the city, with lots of restaurants and shops all around. I also did a lot of research on what to see while I’m here in Bogota, and also on a spanish school I can take courses at. It looks like all of the spanish schools start on…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I was a bit nervous about how today was going to go, but it could not have gone smoother. I got up this morning and packed my bags to leave my casa. Elina and her daughter had gone to the beach two days ago and were not coming back until this afternoon, so I didn’t get to say bye and thanks to her. I did get to say bye to her mother though, who was a…