Cartegena, Columbia

As you might suppose, I have been to this port city more than a couple of times. I won’t say that I really know it – I don’t think that is possible for a tourist in port for a few hours. But on past stops I have been in to the old city. Looking at the new city, it looks like every other modern city composed of high rise buildings packed together. The same with the commercial port easily visible as we sailed away.

Other wise, I spent a significant amount of time wandering around the port aviary including the sections behind the tourist shops. So I was entertained by parrots –



and obviously admired the peacocks and peahens



Found the area with the turtles and tortoises

and the rest of the birds which strutted, ate, or dive bombed tourists who got too close to their feed.

 

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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