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 9 months in South America and North America

When I was in my early 30's, I made a promise to myself : "Girl, by 35, I want you to do be in a place that you would have chosen, not imposed on by the routine ! It can be a new home, a new city, a new job, but it needs to make you happy and you need to enjoy your life !". It is only lately that I have remembered that promise... I'm now 35 and I have realised that I'm the only one responsible for my own happiness. So I have quit my comfortable job in London and decided to go on another adventure...

Bogota, Colombia

27/1/2017

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24/01/2017 - 27/01/2017

Lorsque l'on demande à un Colombien dans la rue, "quelle est la capitale de la Colombie?" tous nous répondent "le frigo" ! Contrairement à Medellin, l'éternel printemps et à Cali l'éternel été, Bogota est connu comme l'éternel hiver. 4 nuits à Bogota afin de récuperer d'un mauvais rhume à cause de la clim dans les auberges et les bus les jours d'avant !

A l’aéroport je rencontre Julieth, une Colombienne de Baranquilla (Shakiraaaa!), qui va m'aider à rejoindre le centre ville. On sympathise dans le bus. Elle s'apprête à changer de vie le lendemain. Elle s'envole vers le Mexique pour aller vivre avec son chéri Mexicain. Elle me présente son amie Rosa, qui par coïncidence habite à 10 seconde de mon auberge de jeunesse. Elles me montrent la ville, Rosa nous cuisine des bons petits plats, et surtout on passe de bons moments à rigoler entre filles.

Egalement je rencontre une autre amie d'Alejo, mon ami Colombien de Paris. J'avais déjà rencontré sa famille à Popayan et son amie Martha à Medellin. Cette fois-ci je fais la connaissance d'Andrea. Une Colombienne pleine de peps, marrante, belle, intelligente et brillante dans la vie. Dans quelques mois, elle se marie et s'envolera vivre à Salvadore au Brésil. Je passe une soirée avec elle et son adorable maman dans le Nord de la ville. Elle me font vivre en quelques heures une tournée gastronomique dans plusieurs restaurants : la cuisine Colombienne, j'approuve !
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When one asks to a Colombian person in the street "What is the capital of Colombia?" they all answer "the fridge"  ! Unlike Medellin the eternal spring and Cali the eternal summer, Bogota is know as the eternal winter. 4 nights in Bogota to recover from a bad cold due to the aircon in all the hostels and buses during the previous days !

At the airport, I meet Julieth, a Colombian girl from Baranquilla (Shakira!!), who is kindly going to help me to find my way to the town centre. We sympathise on the bus. She is about to change her life : tomorrow she flies to Mexico to live with her Mexican boyfriend. She introduces me to her friend Rosa, who funny enough lives 10 secondes away from my hostel ! They show me their town, Rosa cooks for us nice dinners, and most importantly we spend very nice time laughing between girls.

Also, I get to meet another friend of Alejo, my Colombian friend from Paris. I had already met his family in Popayan, his friend Martha in Medellin. This time, her name is Andrea. A Colombian girl full of energy, funny, beautiful, intelligent and successfull ! In a few months she will get married and fly to live in Salvador in Brazil. I spend the night with her and her adorable mum in the North of the city. They make me experiment in a few hours a gastronomic tour in different restaurants : the Colombian cuisine, I approve !
Visite de Bogota / Bogota sightseeing 
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Centre historique / Historical center
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Musée de la monnaie / Money museum
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Place Bolivar / Bolivar square
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Bogota la nuit / Bogota at night
Rencontres avec Julieth, Rosa, Andréa et sa maman
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Avec Rosa et Julieth, on goûte à un frappucino chez Juan Valdez, meilleur café de Colombie / With Rosa and Julieth, we try a frappucino at Juan Valdez, best coffee in Colombia
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Andrea
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Andrea et sa maman Gladys, on mange un cholao, une coupe de fruits coupées avec lait concentré et coulis de fruit de la passion / With Andrea and her mum Gladys, we eat a Cholao, a cup of fruits with condensed milk and passion fruit coulis
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Elles m'emmenent goûter à different ceviches (poisson cru, crevettes et poulpe) / They take me to try ceviche (raw fish, prawn and octopus
Musée de Botero / Botero museum
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Le fameux pigeon de Botero / the famous pigeon of Botero
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Un tableau de Gennevilliers, la ville où jai grandi en France ! / A painting of Gennevilliers, the town where I grew up in France !
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Peinture avec les fameux personnages de Botero / Painting with the famous characters of Botero
Musée de l'Or / Museum of Gold
Des magnifiques pièces de collection
​ Magnificent pieces of collection
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Graffitis

Après les beaux graffitis de Medellin et Cartagena, voici ceux de Bogota

After the beautiful graffitis of Medellin and Cartagena, here are those of Bogota
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