I’ve been in Bogota almost three weeks. I’m beginning to feel less like a tourist and more like…what the heck do I feel like? I’m not sure. I think it’s the next phase that may come and go, or linger for a long time as I try to assimilate into daily life here. Stopped on my bicycle at an intersection …
Monthly Archives: March 2018
I spent most of my first week in Bogota GSD-ing. That’s a nice little acronym for “Getting Sh*t Done”! I like GSD-mode; it suits me. There was, and still is, a lot to get done as I’m trying to set up a mostly-new life for myself here for at minimum the next 6 months. It’s pretty thrilling to be embarking …
My arrival on Sunday morning was smooth. I met a young woman from Venezuela on the second leg of my flight who was extremely helpful and kind to me. I spoke Spanish with her as best my tired brain could manage; it is quite amazing how humans can communicate with or without proper sentence structure and very much vocabulary. (I …
I boarded the plane, destination Bogotá Colombia, sniffling and brushing back tears that kept coming despite my annoyance they were there. But I was feeling the loss of so many things- people, places, roles – even as my heart was singing with excitement about what this next chapter holds for me. For quite some time I’ve wanted to live in …