- hearing the national anthem everyday at noon and 6:00pm on the radio
- "Raaadio uno!"
- the breathtaking display of Christmas lights over and along the river that runs through Medellin
- the fact that the Christmas decorations stay up until Three Kings Day
- the music EVERYWHERE
- the dirty air in the city
- the clean air in the mountains
- my clothes fitting looser because they air-dried on a clothesline
- the tiny, manual cars
- the dramatic change of scenery from one city to the next
- the tesanias (cute artsy jewelry)
- the weird fashion trends
- the drunken family gatherings
- my grandpa falling asleep in chairs and my dad, uncle, and male cousins throwing things at him and giving him a hard time
- watching bootleg movies
- the mountains illuminated with lights from houses and streets at night
- awkward conversations with relatives in broken spanish
- "parce", "huevon", "pues"
- the marketplaces
- the currency and constantly having to "divide in two" to find out how much it would cost in dollars
- travelling along the windy roads even though they made me sick
- the mountains in general
- the coffee farms
- the places where it seemed the earth and sky met
- the Postobon sodas
- the hot dogs
- bringing in the New Year with twelve grapes
- the way my dad and uncle kid around with each other
- shopping with Tia Luisa
- Tio Juan speaking like a "gringo"
- the way we ALL always cry at the airport
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everything!
jun 29 2009 ∞
apr 15 2010 +