OUR RETIRED ADVENTURE
qUEREMOS VIVIR AL SOL
KSha
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Our four weeks here in Cartagena have been wonderful! On our last walk this morning, through yet another section of our area; we both commented that we couldn't have picked a better spot to experience the Old City of Cartagena. We walked on the wall around the Walled City, we walked around the wall of the Walled City, we've walked up and down and back forth within the Walled City, we walked across several bridges to explore the nearby neighborhoods of the Walled City, and even walked onto the peninsula of Bocagrande where high rise condos and hotels dominate the waterfront (that ended up being near 2 hours of hoofing it).
Cartagena was wonderfully decorated around the Old City and people have been late-night festive and partying throughout the holidays. Sha found us a restaurant right down the street from our townhouse where we had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner. We got a roasted chicken and made some homemade stuffing for Christmas dinner. We liked it so much that that's what we did for New Year's Eve as well! Our neighborhood was extra alive for New Year's Eve. We were on both our balconies to catch the fireworks signaling the start of 2024. We've enjoyed some great outdoor spots for food and did our best to sample as many different restaurants as we could. We even enjoyed some street cart breakfast food before we left. We had about a fifteen minute walk to get to the Caribbean Sea shore; but had a much farther walk to get to any beach in our area. Our first attempt to watch the sun set on the shore; we waited for a clear horizon evening, was pretty cool... ...but we picked a different spot to watch our second sun set; and it was much better! (enjoy slideshow below) Sha almost had a laundry fiasco on Saturday while doing the wash before we packed for our move to Santa Marta. The dryer decided to stop working in the middle of the second load of wash!. We had stuff drying on every chair and open drawer until we got assistance from our cleaning lady for the townhouse, Mrs. Emilia. She arrived mid afternoon to magically get the dryer back in operation and saved the day so we could finish packing. We will miss the vibrant, energetic and alive Walled City of Cartagena next to the cosmopolitan cityscapes that line the Caribbean Sea. We have a driver picking us up tomorrow morning at 10 AM for the 5 hour ride up the coast to Santa Marta. Sha told me she's super excited about traveling the stretch of 90 between Soledad and Ciénaga prior to reaching Santa Marta. We'll let you know how the trip goes and show you our new house in our next post.
We wish you all a happy new year! All the best for 2024! Pura Vida!
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