If you’re looking for a vacation that easily combines adventure, history, culture, and the beach, then set a course for Cartagena, Colombia. This incredible city has become an increasingly popular destination in the past few years, and it’s no wonder why. It has everything you’re looking for in a stellar vacation. Cartagena has everything including …
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Rio de Janeiro Brazil is a great choice for a vacation. There are beautiful beaches in Rio, including the famous Copacabana beach. I had been apprehensive to travel to Rio and South America in general, mostly because I could only speak English and I felt it was necessary to speak the local language to get …
I love Medellin Colombia! And I think it’s a wonderful location for experienced solo female travelers. After an epic visit to Cartagena in springtime I booked a solo winter vacation back to Colombia. On a Christmas day I took a morning flight from Bogota to Medellin after a sleepless night due to the hostel owner’s …
The Museo de Antioquia is one of the most popular art museums of Medellin Colombia. Located in Central Medellin next to the Plaza Botero and just a block from the Berrio Park Metro station on the A Line. Especially for solo travelers I would recommend only visiting this neighborhood during daytime – it’s not the …
Plaza Botero is located in the central neighborhood of La Candelaria in Medellin Colombia, between the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture. My recommendation is to spend a morning visiting both Plaza Botero and the Museum of Antioquia. Next, enjoy lunch at the museum restaurant. Follow up with a visit …
I visited Casa Museo Pedro Nel Gomez in Medellin December 2012 during my second solo trip to Colombia. Visiting the museum on your own can feel a bit daunting. I mentioned the museum in my post The Kindness of Strangers a few days ago. Getting off the subway station at Universidad station I walked to the Aranjuez …
I found myself walking by beautiful street art in Rio de Janeiro on my way to Ipanema beach each day. In need of a reprieve from the brutal Texas summers I like to escape to someplace cooler. One year I decided to search the Southern Hemisphere for an exotic getaway and took myself on a …
The painting Pedrito on a Horse can be seen at the Museo de Antioquia in Medellin Colombia – one of the most magnificent cities in the world. In the image below you see a picture of the painting by famous Colombian artist Fernando Botero of his son Pedrito seated on a wooden horse. The painting …
Botero’s Mona Lisa Painting Have you seen Fernando Botero’s version of the Mona Lisa? Botero is the artist known for his paintings of super sized people and he depicts Michelangelo’s Mona Lisa in this same style. You can view this Mona Lisa painting by Fernando Botero at Museo de Botero in the historic La Candelaria …
The best swimming pool in Medellin is at the Atanasio Girardo Sports Complex in the Laurels neighborhood. There are several outdoor swimming pools at this sports facility. Whenever I go for my hour long swimming workout and meditation I find myself dreaming of Medellin because of my happy experience going for a swim at one …