• 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
  • everything!
jun 29 2009 ∞
apr 15 2010 +