Week #1 in Colombia
So it has been a little over a week since I left the U.S.
for Colombia. It took me a grand total of thirteen hours to get to Colombia,
because of all the layovers I had. Everything went smoothly in the airports
except that my first plane got delayed so I had, and I am not exaggerating,
sprint through O’haire to catch my connecting flight. I got in to Bogota around
11:30 by the time I went through customs, got my bags (both of them made it!
EXITO!), and met my family it was midnight. What did we do then? We went out to
eat, I love in Bogota I can get an arepa con pollo and a coca-cola at one in
the morning!
We stayed the night in Bogota and the next day after meeting
all the outbounds from the district we headed on to Paipa. There we went
Quincenera crashing, well kind of, my extended family owns the place where it
was taking place, so we went to watch the fireworks.
Sunday we relaxed, spent time with family, and went to Hotel
Sochagota, to use the Thermal Pool. Which is kind of like a giant hot tub,
filled with hot spring water from the mountains, it is amazing!
Tuesday I went to school with
my host sister Dani, I am attending a private school here, and am a senior. (high
school is only three years here.) School here starts at 7:30, and ends at 5 in
the afternoon. However, unlike in the U.S. I get to leave for lunch, and have
substantial breaks in between classes. Also unlike in the U.S. I stay with the
same group of kids for all my classes, which makes it easier to find my way
around, my host sister is a huge help too!
~La Gringa
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