bonnie & clyde

We made it to Bogota! We were looking forward to this, as we have some friends here we wanted to see. The ride was not very easy, as it has been raining here a lot, the roads are very bad, and they closed the road we had to take to get to Bogotá. We waited in the bus for 5 hours at the same spot, so the busride of 12 hours turned out to be 20 hours or more! We arrived exhausted, but we were well received by our Colombian friends! We are staying at their home at the moment, which is a beautiful house in the mountains in a little town next to Bogotá, La Calera. It is beautiful there, green mountains, lots of nature right next to the big city of Bogotá. We went to visit Bogotá with them, the old center, La Candelaria, is gorgeous! Litlle coulourful houses, small streets and cosy plazas. The main plaza of Bogota, where the president lives is also really beautiful! We visited an exposition of Botero, a famous Colombian Painter, who makes great art!
We visited the family of Alejandra, the girl with whom we lived together in Montpellier. A few days ago we saw her father in Cali, which is also a very nice city! We went to have lunch together and he showed us a bit around in Cali.
In Bogotá we visited her mother and brother, with her mother we went to have lunch in a typical Colombian restaurant (lots of food!), and then went for a drink with her brother. The people here are incredible! They do everything to help us, sooo friendly! We love it here so decided to stay a bit longer, we still have a lot of people to meet in Bogota!