a little jaunt to Cartagena

Mac has had this last week off of school for some Colombian-mandated holiday week. We decided to head up to Cartagena for a few days to enjoy what I have missed the most while living in Bogota: sun and warmth and humidity. Cartagena did not disappoint.

Some photos of our mini-vacation:


street scenes at dusk and at night

Outside of our hotel, Bovedas de Santa Clara

The view from our hotel room window

Our hotel was a small boutique hotel so part of their deal is that you can use the pool and eat breakfast at the very swank Sofitel across the street.
The courtyard at the Sofitel has a couple resident toucans who visited us at breakfast. (The breakfast there, by the way, is the best hotel breakfast I've ever eaten.)


And the pool was pretty spectacular as well!

a beautiful view from inside the really intimidating Inquisition Museum
courtyard

some lovely ladies from Cartagena

folkloric dancing in a square

My just-out-of-the-ocean-fresh grilled fish lunch on our day trip to the Rosario Islands

I'm already trying to figure out when we can go back!