I can already tell that I am going to have a hard time journaling consistently. After being here for 6 days, my days feel full and my mind & body feel exhausted at the end of them. I have a feeling I will be using this website as more of a photo dump with some commentary sprinkled in.
We arrived in Medellin last Sunday and our first day at our Spanish school was Tuesday. Classes are 20 hours a week and I already love it! After 1 week I already feel my Spanish progressing significantly. We plan on staying at the school for 8 weeks, so I am looking forward to seeing how far I can get. That being said, we didn’t explore much or take many photos. Between school and homework it just flew by!
With the exhausting week and a national holiday this Monday (no school), we decided to take a bus south of the city into the coffee region for a relaxing weekend on a coffee farm. I am currently writing this from a hammock outside our bungalow with a hummingbird buzzing around the flowers next to me. I’ll save the weekend coffee farm excursion photos for my next post.
For now…week 1 in Medellin! I am admittedly not super proud of the quality of these photos, that was pretty far from my mind this week…but I have some beautiful shots from the weekend that I am excited to share!
City and neighborhood
The first photo I took in Colombia! Ignore the parking lot and focus on the landscape 🙂 
My first beer in Colombia! Tiny bodega conveniently located right under our apartment. 
The city is super green, especially now right after the rainy season. 
View from a metro platform 
Our apartment balcony 
Rainy evening in our neighborhood
Coffee and Food
We already have a go-to coffee place! Right around the corner, excellent coffee, $1.50 cappuccinos. Did I mention how cheap everything is here?? 
First day of school pic! 
I had no idea what I was ordering but it turned out to be delicious dough balls filled with cheese. 
It is always the perfect temperature to eat outside 
So far Club Colombia Dorada takes the prize for my favorite Colombian beer. Enjoying it here on our balcony. 
We have a tiny kitchenette and this is the first dinner we cooked. I think it was the weirdest dinner we have ever cooked and ate together.
Wandering Between Meals 
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