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Published: July 14th 2008
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some of the girls
waiting for the game box to open Picture time again!
The pictures of the children are at that place I had mentioned in my last blog, the game box.
The pictures of artwork, that I took until I got yelled at, are of some of my favorite paintings at the Museo de Antioquia. The museum was alright, nothing to go crazy about. The first floor was all really boring and old portraits. I have never seen so many portraits in one section of a museum and I quickly left. After that there was a lot of old, very religious works. The more modern stuff was more interesting to me. The most interesting, I suppose, was the entire upper floor, which was filled with works by Fernando Botero, the very famous artist from Medellin. They are really proud of him here. Everything he paints is fat. My favorites were a fat Jesus and a fat Pablo Escobar standing on rooftops with about 20 bullet holes in him. Everybody and every thing he paints is fat. I don't quite understand it, but he is very talented and has an interesting perspective on things. All in all, this is the first museum I have been to in a long
girlies
they are obsessed with pictures. they are always asking me to take more pictures time with my very own personal curator, and I missed her very much (krugypants).
Today, Sascha and I took a day trip to a town called Santa Fe de Antioquia, which is about a 2 hour bus ride from Medellin. At one point our bus started pouring smoke from underneath and the brakes started making funny noises, but after some people looked for the problem, they got back on the bus like it was nothing, so I went with the flow. As the smoke was billowing I was silently praying, but we made it! It was a beautiful drive through the mountains otherwise.
The town was adorable, colorful, and small. The first thing we did was take a cab to possibly the very first suspension bridge in the Americas. It was spanning a river and had a beautiful view. This three-wheeled cab of ours drove over the rickety wooden bridge to a small town on the other side, and then we walked back across. It was nice to breathe in the fresh air and the people were, of course, so damn friendly.
When we got back into town, we went to a delicious restaurant for lunch (thank
you lonely planet). For a total of about 11 american dollars, I got a bunch of delicious veggies and salad, a fresh blackberry juice, and a huge pollo naranja dish. The family next to us was having a birthday party, and when they cut up the cake, they brought us over two pieces (because everyone is always so damn friendly), so I even got free cake! Man was that yummy. There is a picture of the restaurant because it was just so warm and cozy and I wish I had that in my neighborhood back home.
After lunch we just did some exploring. We went off the beaten path and discovered this very quiet place in the woods where people live in huge beautiful houses on gorgeous property. One of the estates was called La Isabela, so I took that as a sign that Isabella and I will one day one that property together as a summerhouse. Sounds feasible to me!
One more thing to mention (in this more boring of a blog) is that yesterday Sascha and I went to another place suggested in Lonely Planet for lunch. It was right in the center of town, up
a small flight of stairs that you would miss if you did not know about it, and they did not have a menu. They gave us two or three options. I only understood chicken so that is what I got. They started us off with soup, DELICIOUS, gave us fresh papaya juice, YUMMY, and the meal included a salad, veggies, and rice, MMMMM. Afterwords we were given a tiny desert/palette cleanser of blackberries and little somethings. I was expecting to pay a lot for all that delectable food, and instead I paid 6000 pesos! That is a little more than 3 american dollars. I am loving this!
OK, I am done babbling about all my yummy meals. I want to thank everyone who reads this. I really appreciate your time and your comments! I love you all and I wish you could be here with me.
Very important things I forgot to mention:
I found chermoyas in Santa Fe!!!! yum yum yum
I saw a hummingbird for the first time since I have been here. WOOHOO.
There was a GINORMOUS poetry festival all week. Poets from all over the world came to Medellin and read
their poems at different events all over the city. I went to two of them. Only two poets that I saw were in English, but it was still cool to see. Other languages I saw (translated thereafter into spanish) were russian, german, arabic, korean, and hebrew. I love poetry.
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Mrs. Griffin
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love ya
I am loving the vocabulary you are using to describe the indescribable! Enjoy! Some people, like myself, never get such an opportunity. Live it, as you are!