Barrio La Sierra: Building a Hopeful Future How do you get to the essence of a city, in a culture that’s foreign to your own? And especially a…
Medellin is world-renowned for its Christmas lights. Also known as Alumbrados, the Medellin Christmas Lights are put on by EPM, the city’s public/private utility company. Each year, the…
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees.” – John Muir With the confinement of COVID and the…
With Susan’s mom visiting from Texas last week, we had the pleasure of visiting Finca Los Girasoles- a flower finca (farm) in Santa Elena – with our driver/guide…
Transformation is a complicated word here. For most visitors, the words “barrio transformation” conjure up Comuna 13, a district in the San Javier barrio (neighborhood) that has become…
People ask us: “What’s Christmas like in Colombia?” Now that we’re finally spending the whole month of December here, we’re getting a broader picture of that most festive…
We first visited Comuna 13 in Medellín, Colombia back in July 2016. That was well before we made the decision to relocate here from Boquete, Panama. (Click here…
Is it really possible that we’ve been here for a year? On Nov. 22, 2018, we moved to Medellín, Colombia after living in Boquete, Panama for 3.5 years.…
“¡Cuando un silletero pasa, es Antioquia la que pasa!” – Crowd chant at the Parade of Silleteros, 2019 Medellín Feria de las Flores It means: “When a silletero…
Whoever would have thought that staying fit in Medellín – a city of 2.6 million people – would be so easy? There are three operational words here: dogs,…