Bogota, Colombia, South America I had an awesome day in Villa de Leyva today! I had a great night’s sleep at Hotel El Solar, I got up early and had a good breakfast at a little cafe in town, and then went to the bike shop. I met Francisco, the owner of Ciclo Trips, and luckily he spoke english perfectly. He explained to me the best route for me to take the bike for a route that takes 3-4 hours….
Villa de Leyva, Colombia, South America I had a great day coming up north to Villa de Leyva today! I got up and left my hotel in Bogota at 7:30am, and they were nice enough to hang onto my big backpack for me while I’m gone. So I jumped on a Transmilenio bus heading north and got to Portal Del Norte bus station by 8:30am. I was hoping that it was going to be easy enough to find a bus…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had my last day of class today, and it was the hardest one by far. We spent most of the class trying to differentiate between que and cual when asking a question. I think/thought they were the same as what and which in english, but it turns out there are all sorts of exceptions which make absolutely no sense to me. I’m just going to have to memorize these rules I guess and practice from…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today started out with me doing my laundry for a couple hours, and thenI tried to go shopping for some new walking shoes, but I was unsuccessful. I went to three different malls in the north of the city, but was unable to find anything good at a decent price for what I’m looking for. I’ll just keep looking. I’m in no hurry, but I’ve been wearing these shoes for four months now, and they’re pretty…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had a great day with Melissa today! I got a taxi over to her house for about 11:30am and we headed off toward a town called Guatavita. We stopped for lunch at a fast food restaurant called El Corral where I had a massive burger. It was a place I’ve wanted to try since I got here, but mainly because of the rumors I heard of what they make the burgers from. I was told…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today was a bit of a strange day. I got up and tried to get as much stuff done as possible. I’m still working on organizing my trips to the Galapagos and Machu Picchu. I spent most of the morning on the computer doing that, and then I left the hotel at 1:30pm. I was supposed to meet Melissa at 2pm at a mall in the north of the city so we could go shopping for…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today was supposed to be my last day of class, but I’ve enjoyed it so much that I’m going to stay for a couple of days next week as well. Actually, the plans for this weekend and next week changed slightly, so it meant that I was going to be here in Bogota for a few extra days anyway. I could use as much practice as I can get, so I figure the classes will help….
Bogota, Colombia, South America We had a pretty decent day in class today, and I picked up on a few more things. I still don’t feel very confident speaking, but I feel like I can understand a lot more of what I hear and read, so I guess that’s something. We finished up in class and I went out to lunch with Magda, Ash, and another teacher named Jose. We went to Aqui en Santa Fe, and the teachers ordered…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had a pretty slow day in class today, but then had a great night! Ash came back to class so we had to catch him up a little bit by covering yesterday’s topics again. It was still good practice for me though, because any time I can read, hear and speak spanish, it will help me in the future. With both of us back in class, Magda was able to give us some homework, so…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had a pretty good day in class today, and I was the only student there. Ash’s girlfriend was sick, so he stayed home today, so I had Magda all to myself. It was really good to have a 1-on-1 class today, and I feel like we got through a lot of things and I learned quite a bit. I didn’t get an email with homework like I had expected, but I studied a bit more…