Up early, packed up the few things we unpacked, showered, made eggs & toast (provided by the hostel, always appreciated), stowed our bags in a closet & off to see the town. Medellin is the only city in Colombia with a metro, so we were pretty excited to ride on it. It's the only city we've been in since we started traveling that had a metro. Our first stop was the "MetroCable" which is basically a gondola that services all the people who live up in the mountains surrounding the city (which are still a part of the city as well). The ride is included in the price of the metro ride so we went to the top looked out over the city, got off at a couple places, snapped photos & headed back down. It
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