From Here to There ... wherever there is : Weekend excursions in September

Wow. I don't even know where to start. Its been over a month since I last blogged on here. I promise life hasn't been boring... I just haven't dedicated the time to getting everything up here.

Here's a very, very brief rundown of the last few weekends. I think I am going to let you make up your own narratives.
- weekend of September 8th... Puente weekend.... went to a finca in el Retiro. it was actually in the same neighborhood that roger lives in. I went with a few of the returning teachers and was so excited to get the invitation and to get out of the city life. Brian, Tyler and Alyssa, Veronica and her boyfriend, Kat, and Erin. A house full of fun. Lots of games - 5 crowns, cards against humanity, things in a box, etc. Good fun. Good times. Little escapes from the city are critical from time to time!

A little hike in the rain to get out of the house and stretch the legs.

- September 23... I went to parque ecologic de el soldado in envigado with kathy and courtney. really fun day in a neat park only about 20 minutes away. just outside the park there was a somewhat crazy animal farm. I guess it was like a petting zoo but it also had a huge triceratops sculpture. just the perfect mix of weird to draw our attention. it is crazy how something so close can make you feel so far away from the city. We walked our way back through town where we grabbed some lunch to escape the downpour. we stopped at a restaurant earlier and after they wanted to serve us a huge, somewhat yucky looking banedja paisa we quickly moved on. I tried a catfish stew and it was very average just about like all the local food.

crazy critters.

- september 24... went on another hike with Ardilla adventures. met some fun people and got moving. the country is just beautiful. I took the metro to the southern end where I met up with the group and took a little bus to Caldas. In the city square, we stretched a little and I people watched a good bit. there was a dance/ exercise class going on with some pretty loud music.

- september 30 ... I went to parque arvi with josh and kathy. we went to the comfama park within the park. We were the laughing stock of all the buses that zoomed past us on our long trek there. There is another park that is apparently a little more nature-y but this comfama park was all about adventure. the big attraction was the challenge course. They had four different levels of difficulty and it took about 2 hours to get through. There was some interesting technology that took a little bit of practice but it was very neat to be able to get through everything solo. there were a few people on the ground but we were all by ourselves up in the air. it was a fun, challenging mix of obstacles and zip lines.