Sunday, December 1, 2013

Ex-pats in Colombia - what?!?!

Whoah!  There are ex-patriots here in Colombia?!?  So many people from the U.S. (and Australia and the Netherlands and elsewhere) are living here and I met a bunch of them last night thanks to my host, Andrea.  BUENA IDEA, MI AMIGA!

Before last night, I thought my mind was open to how wonderful Colombia is and could be, but apparently I was wrong.  I was still only seeing it as a safe travel destination.  The idea of people from other countries living here permanently never entered my mind and when it did, I just assumed every story would be someone from Venezuela or another neighboring country choosing to make a relatively small change by moving "next door" - I was so wrong.

Each person at the party came to Colombia for a different reason and every single one sounds like one of the video commercials from the Colombian campaign I told you about.  MIRA:


Thank you to everyone at the party for making me feel welcome and for sharing your stories with me.  It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least.

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