Medellin

From tiny mountain villages to one of Colombias main cities: Welcome to Medellin! We were excited to meet our friend Milena for a visit - even more so when Sebastian also sneaked up as a surprise visit and early birthday present for Alina 🥹🫶🏼 (credits to the boys for keeping his visit a secret for a full month!). So the four of us explored Medellin as best as we (safely) could by eating at a lot of places, drinking at a lot of places, riding cable cars and the metro, doing a walking tour through the infamous Communa 13 district and enjoying the beautiful view on the city on our shared terrace.
Medellin really is very different from Bogota and much more modern (they are trying to build a metro in Bogota for the last 10 years now, while Medellin has a running metro system already). We stayed at the - very safe - prime tourist area called ‚el Poblado‘. In our half of the neighbourhood, the streets were peppered with cute little cafes, bars, restaurants and shops, all giving off a very relaxing and quiet vibe. It just takes a 10 minutes walk to the other part of the neighbourhood to experience a completely different vibe altogether: This was where the parties are at, every single night 💃🏻. Full streets are completely closed off for vehicles, crowded with seating areas of all different kind of restaurants and bars, and booming with all different kind of latin sounds. Great for a night out, but also very tiring 🙃
Many say that they prefer Medellin over Bogota, and we see why - it‘s much easier for tourists! All in all a city well worth a visit and spending a few days exploring (especially great with friends we haven‘t seen in 4.5 months 🥰).Weiterlesen