Mall Shenanigans

The wedding was scheduled for 8pm. Waking up, I tried to find where we were on the Lonely Planet map but soon realized that we weren't even on that map and hence we were not close to the historic city center, and so I put aside any thought of sightseeing that day.

After eating the free breakfast at the hotel, we got together with the other American guests at the wedding (there were six of us; thankfully, one of our friends spoke Spanish) to go to the nearby Premier Limonar Mall where we ate, stared at all the fake boobs and other body parts (there were a lot!) and had a round on the go cart track.

In between mall visits, we hopped into taxis and went for an excellent lunch at Simon Parilla. I tried the grilled sausage appetizers and they were great. My seafood stew was amazing - everything tasted so fresh. Jeff, who is vegetarian, had only one choice - teriyaki vegetables - probably not a traditional Colombian dish!

The next evening after sightseeing, we went out to the mall again. This time, a precocious girl came to chat with us. This kid hangs out in the mall on weekends while her mother worked, and she told us about her life in Medellin where she comes from; she described how there used to be gunfire at night and how unsafe it used to be there. She said wanted to chat with us because we stuck out in the mall and she was curious about us.

After this chat, we checked out the cinema to see if there were English films and there was one - Red Riding Hood. We learned that VIP seats were only $10. What we didn't know was that the VIP seats are large reclining seats and that you can order food and drinks (alcoholic ones even) from the attendants. How cool! This was a great experience and a perfect way to cap our weekend there.

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