Luxe Colombia

Today's shoot went very smoothly. I was quiet most of the day only because everyone seemed to only want to speak Spanish and not spend so much energy on speaking in English. Which I was fine with but at times I felt lonely and isolated.

After a day of shooting, the ladies took me out to an Italian dinner where we shared a pizza. It cracked me up that they ate their pizza strictly with forks and knives while I picked mine up American-style. After finishing our dinner, (accompanied by 4 shots of Aguardiente, which tastes just like Araq, from the Middle East!) we proceeded to a friend of the producer's restaurant. The restaurant was extremely fancy, especially for Medellin, and was owned by an older man who appeared to be very wealthy. We sat around a table, drinking fancy martinis, conversing, and sharing laughs. Then it hit 12:00 p.m. and everyone decided it would be best to go home (especially since I have a to get up at 5 in the morning!) so we parted ways.

Everyone on this trip has been really kind and invested in showing me around whenever they ca in order to give me the "Colombian experience." But I never forgot that what I was experiencing was the "high-class" Colombian life. The one where everyone has a maid and a cook and a nice home and a well-paying job. There are many parts of Medellin I did not see where the people are not so well-off or luxurious. That might be considered by many the "true Colombian life".

Well, I should go to bed seeing as I have to get up in 4 hours...hopefully the servicio publico taxi does not leave without me if I wake up a bit late. Although the ladies did say they would adopt me if I missed my plane and said they almost wished I would miss my plane so they could show me around some more. If only a little thing called "school" didn't exist...I would spend my life traveling about with different people from different places.

I'll miss bonita Colombia!