Well Christmas was here and gone again for another year. As a predominantly Catholic nation though, Colombia does seem to celebrate Christmas far more than the UK now. The two or three weeks in the run-up to christmas seems to be filled to visiting friends and family and holding 'novenas' in everyones house, even on the 24th of December, although here the dinner is at midnight and everone opens their presents around 00:10 on the 25th. I think we stayed up until 5...

Ok, still in Bogota and why the Blog photo you may ask! Well, I mean to mention this last time but forgot with all the diasters that were happening with the flat. Anyway it was really to point out the differences in packaging, I was somewhat bemused to find the following in left to right; Salsa/Italian sauce; Tomate sauce; mayonaisse; jam; sugar. Actually possibly quite a bit better than glass maybe, you can squeeze all the contents out, they are not breakable li...

Well a few days have passed since the minor gas explosion only to be attempted to be flooded out by a heavy rainfall. I have the top-most apartment and it seems like they did not seal the roof correctly so consequently when I received a call while studying say that the apartments were flooding I didnt believe them until I walked into the bedroom. Ok, so there was some water leaking through the ceiling and I mopped up 5 litres from the bathroom floor as well. L...

Well this entry is a little bit more interesting, on Tuesday I managed to get a game of football with the locals on tarmac and using a micro-sized ball so we wouldn't smash any windows! The darned thing was minute, it almost felt like playing with a tennis ball. Anyway, we teamed up and actually, despite breathing like a train I managed to keep up with the local boys until we had an argument kick off and one player started to take his frustration out on another, ...

Well, the last few days have been pretty uneventful, the days mostly taken up with studying as the first assignment is due on the 15th December. The hustle and bustle of Bogota comes right through the bedroom windows early in the morning so no chance of a lie-in here! However I have to say I am so much more relaxed than in the UK, its almost like a fogotten life, weird how quickly you can adapt. Days are ok, beautiful sunshine in the morning, sometimes showers...