Casa Nueva

They told me in the hostel that there would be busses all day. So I should just go to the bus station and get on the next one available. Well, that was not quite correct. When I arrived I arrived around 3pm I learned that there are only two busses going to Medellin today and the next one would go around 20:00. So I spend 5 hours at the bus station writing, watching movies and drinking heaps of coffee. The waiter got so acquainted to me that she even started to draw stuff on the coffee after my 2nd one :D

I think I slept mostly through the 10h bus ride but the streets here are really awful. It felt more like a rollercoaster than a motorway. Anyway, I arrived safely in Medellin, spend the first night in a hostel (where I met again some people from Bogota) and then moved into my new (airbnb) flat in Laureles, Medellin.

 

Medellin is called the city of eternal spring. Never to hot or to cold. Coming from Germany I would rather call it the city of eternal summer. Not the humid excessively hot summer but just perfectly warm weather, all year long. It is also a bit like the Barcelona of Colombia. The people here are very proud of their city and are a bit more wealthy and, well, different than the others (at least that's what they think of themselves). The city looks for sure much more civilized and especially in my neighborhood you can quickly forget that you are not in Europe (some kind of southern Europe, Portugal, Spain, Italy).

I didn't come here for the weather or other beauties though. I came here to learn some Spanish. So I spend my first few days here mainly in my room studying. I am also thinking about changing my blog to Spanish once I am fluent enough.

Lets see :D

BTW, this is my new home here in Medellin:

A lot of groceries are even included, eggs, milk, bread, butter, coffee and milk and some fruits are provided for free. Luxury Airbnb :D

My flat mates are very nice and very patient with me regarding my Spanish

my room, finally some privacy again :D