I know. It's been a long time. I haven't been here since my trip to Tanzania in 2015! I've travelled a bit more since then. I went back to Brazil and went to Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland in 2016 for the first time. Both trips were great, except for the end of Ireland trip when we found out my father-in-law died before we were to head to Dublin for the last couple of days of the trip. My hubby and I moved out of our small condo and bought a much larger house, so 2017 was a non travel year since there was the stress of searching for a new place to live and finding a buyer for our old place. The budget was a little tight so I held off packing the suitcase even though I wanted to very badly. All that got done so I've jumped back on the travel horse so to speak. I went back to Colombia and had an amazing time. If you go to Colombia, please do yourself a favor and go to the Pacific Coast of Colombia. It's wild and rustic. If you want to get away from it all and don't mind living without some conveniences like hot water, no cell phone, and love fish/seafood, it's amazing. I think I literally fell in love with it and will definitely be back next year. Do your research, some places are more busy with tourists than others and it rains A LOT (at least when I went in May), but it's magical.
I am also going to Spain in a couple of months. First, I'm going to Sevilla and after getting some beach/relaxing time in Menorca. It's not going to be exactly all pleasure as I'm going to take flamenco classes the first week, which I love, but it won't exactly be 2 weeks of all sightseeing. Everything is set with hotels and plane tickets and now I just have the wait. Welllll, there is one thing left to buy and that is a plane or train ticket to Sevilla from the Madrid airport. I'm probably going to go by train just because I'm pretty sure I will be sick of being on planes by the time I arrive. I'm also going to have my last night in Mallorca. I have my hotel booked, but am thinking of splurging even though it would be a colossal waste of money, but my last night in Medellin was kind of bad. The hotel was great, but it probably wasn't a great idea to stay in the heart of Parque Lleras if I wanted to get any kind of sleep before an early flight. Lesson learned. So now I want to overcorrect and splash out somewhere quiet with a big bathtub and a soft cloudlike bed before I have to wake up to a damn near 12 hour journey on planes, through airports, and security lines.
That is all that is fit to print for now! I promise to be back sooner than later with whims, gripes, and vents!
