Last week, I showed you a typical street in La Candelaria district of Bogota.  You’ll see lots of churches while traveling in Colombia, but this is one of my favorites. El Carmen Church is squarely in La Candelaria, but away from most of the rest of the popular museums and activity. You can’t usually get […]

There are lots of places where you can feel like you’re transported back in time while traveling in Colombia. Frequent readers of the blog know that I love Villa de Leyva and Cartagena. But, even in the giant metropolis of Bogota, you can find that old feel in La Candelaria. Cobblestone streets, old architecture, old second-floor […]

Growing up, I saw the old commercials showing Juan Valdez in the coffee fields picking coffee. I thought that Juan Valdez was just a marketing creation for the US market. But, I learned after my first trip to Colombia that Juan (or J-Val as I like to call him) is the local and global embodiment […]

You can’t travel to Colombia and not hear about Botero. He’s the one that paints and sculpts the fat people. Not everyone gets his style or what he’s trying to convey, but his work always gets a conversation started. There are two primary places to see his work in Colombia. There’s Botero Park in Medellin. […]

As a resident of Bogotá, one of my favorite museums in the city and the country is the Gold Museum. When people travel to Colombia, they often spend little time here and I fear they miss this gem of the country. Remodeled in 2008, the museum focuses exclusively on the uses of gold by the […]

There are many places as you travel around Colombia that will make you feel transported back in time. Cartagena, the coffee region, San Gil, all have their old-world charm. My favorite by far is Villa de Leyva. It’s why I named it as one of my top 30 places to chill on your career break. […]