This Colombian milky soup contains eggs, cheese, and bread makes a delicious breakfast in the winter.
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Exploring Cartagena: Colombian Food!
We got a good taste for Colombian food during our week-long stay in Cartagena. Our favourite, perhaps, was all the beautifully ripe, perfectly fresh fruit! Vendors pushing wooden carts on wheels made the rounds and would pass by the front door of our airbnb. We would flag them down and buy deliciously sweet fruit; even […]
Exploring Cartagena: Mercado Bazurto
The Mercado Bazurto is a 24-hour indoor-outdoor market in Cartagena. Large and small stalls sell anything from fresh meat and fish to fruits, vegetables, blenders, and rat traps. We had heard about it from watching some travel shows about Cartagena; I think Anthony Bourdain ate here. It is a true local market, and I we […]
Explore Cartagena: Playa Blanca
On Christmas day, we went to the beach! Playa Blanca is a beautiful white sand beach just a short boat ride from Cartagena. Cartagena has some beaches, but they are mostly grey sand and in developed areas (like Boca Grande). Since we were on vacation, we decided to spend a little extra money by visiting […]
Exploring Cartagena: the Old Town
In December, our family spent a week in Cartagena, Colombia. Seven of us flew down from Canada, and Donatello’s parents flew in from Bogota. The nine of us rented an apartment with AirBnB that had four bedrooms, two kitchens, and two bathrooms.