Monday, June 23, 2008

My hometown

My lovely home is in Bogota, Colombia and it is nice and very comfortable to live there. Bogota is the biggest city in Colombia and is located in the top of a mountain. As it is more or less 3000 meters up the level of the sea, the city usually is cold, but the view around the city is pretty amazing. Bogota is an urban paradise. Every day, you can see the city full of people walking trough the streets, buildings and shopping malls, as the city is the most important in the country, we receive hundreds of people from different regions of Colombia and from all of the other countries too. The life in Bogota is very comfortable, because the city has all that every one could need or desire: beautifull and modern buildings, luxurious spas and hotels, parks, lakes and is the place where the best restaurants of national and international food are present. Bogota is not only a mass of people and builds, the diversity in my city is incredible. If you like the nature, in the north part of the city you can find long extensions of grass, trees an all kind of animals and flowers, specially the Orchids which are our most representative flowers. Among the roads you can stop, take a rest, look at the incredible view and taste one of our traditional plates called " Ajiaco ", or a delicous hot chocolate with cheese and "empanadas". Bogota is my favorite city. I know, I have to know many other cities in this big world, but like people in my country says: Bogota is 3000 meter closer to the stars .

Thursday, June 19, 2008

My first day in the Airport

The first day i came to Atlanta i had a hard time in the airport. I had never been in an airport as big as Atlanta's Airport and many things happened before i was be able to come to the exit. First, my baggage was so big that i had some problems to pick up it and then ,to walk with it from one place to another. My boyfriend, who cames with me, was stopped for almost thirty minutes, trying to explain why he will be in this city for a long time with a tourist visa and due to this , i had to pass all the way alone and worried by him. By fortune he could go in, but like it that was not enough, the most difficult was, try to understand what people were talking to me, i did not undestand much, maybe because i was confused and nervous and unfortunately, i had to answer all the time airport worker's about directions because i was lost. Finally, i could rise the exit and my boyfriend was waiting for me there. My first arrive to Atlanta was not easy, but that was not so bad after all, because next time in whatever airport, i would be self confidence because my english is better and i will not be scared about anything . Now i get the lessons of my first experienece.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Walking alone by Atlanta

There are many things that are surprising me every day of this city, but the most significant is the fact that sometimes, this city looks like a ghost city. My reason to say that is that all the times i have been walking trough the different streets of Atlanta, i had never seen other people walking too, maybe i have seen some few persons waiting for the bus, but in a city as big as Atlanta it feelings strange. I never see people on monday or tuesday or friday, runnig to their companies or jobs, having lunch at noon or walking with their pets at the evening. On weekends i had not seen people walking too. At the beginning i was sad because i said to my self: This city is really bored, but now, i know the reason which people don't walk: Everyone has a car !. In my country, due to the big traffic, people use public transportation everyday and you can see people walking very fast and running for every place , i think is something similar like in New York. At present, i don't know what is better between a big mass of people walking and invading my space or a street alone with almost two or tree persons and me, walking quietly and free with all the city just for me.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Which is the biggest pleasure for me ?

Easy: I love to eat and taste all kinds of food that exist in this world. I enjoy going to the restaurants os different countries and learning about their cultures and traditional plates. At present i have tasted chinese, japanese, arabic, Brazilian Argentin, American, Thai, mexican, italian and french food. I understand that this world is very big, so i will continue visiting restaurants and eating a lot for fun.