After staying out a bit too late on Saturday night, we finally made it out for Sunday afternoon. We tried to check out some of the boutique stores and leather shops, but again, Semana Santa made this difficult. We did head to North Bogota, which is the upscale part of town to pasear a bit. Zona Rosa or Zona T is the location of Andres Carne de Res where we ate the night before. It is also home to nice shopping and Bogota's trendy bar scene. I think Bogota might have more designer stores than Portland does! We then walked 10 blocks up to Parque 93, pictured below. A very nice neighborhood with restaurants surrounding the square. The place to be that Sunday was Juan Valdez, the Starbucks of Colombia. It is awesome. I wonder if there are any Starbucks in this country since I have yet to see one!
Bogota is a city of 8 million, but for some reason, the town seems very organized, clean, and tranquilo. Perhaps that is because we spent much of our time in Northern Bogota, but overall I was very impressed with the city. They have organized public transport buses called Trans Milenio...therefore there aren't random mini buses or combis all over the place. And all their taxis have meters! Crazy...no arguing before you get into the cab. It was great.
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| Parque 93, Northern Bogota with the mountains in the background. Quite an upscale neighborhood and lots of women with designer handbags and cute clothes. |
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| Juan Valdez...their Latte VaniCanela is soooo good. |
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