After flying from Santa Marta on January 13, we spent a few days in the city of Medellín, specifically in the El Poblado part of town. While our apartment had hot-water showers (hooray!) and a jacuzzi in the living room (random, but fun!), it was unfortunately located next to several loud bars which played music at a ridiculous volume until 3am each night. Sleep was hard to come by!
We were able to walk to a variety of nearby restaurants, coffee shops, and stores. One fun restaurant was a ramen place with manga character statues and paintings. We discovered a love of buñuelos, which are round fried dough fritters, sometimes with a filling (we had cheese ones). We noticed that there are often street performers who do their act at crosswalks during red lights…tightrope walkers, jugglers, breakdancers, magicians, etc. I’m not sure how much money they make, but it’s entertaining to watch!
One night, we went to a Colombian restaurant called Mondongo’s and tried some traditional dishes. I had the bandeja paisa, which translates to “platter of the people.” You can find some variation of this dish at almost every restaurant in this area of Colombia. It usually includes beans, rice, an arepa, ground beef, chorizo (sausage), fried ripe plantain, a fried egg, avocado, and chicharrón (fried pork rind). It was very good and very filling, which is the point of this dish, as it is a traditional meal that originated for farmers in the region, providing them enough energy to continue working for the rest of the day.
We also celebrated Johanna’s ninth Adoption Day on January 15 with some pizza from Pizza Hut (yes, they have that here!) and continued with our school sessions. Our big outing was the tour of Comuna 13, described in the previous post. After three nights in Medellín, it was time to head to Jardín!
P.S. Picture loading is being fussy, so I will add those later!
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