Hey guys!
I’m in Cartagena, Colombia known for being one of the most beautiful cities in all of South America.
It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and tonight Marc and I are treating ourselves to a night out.
The city of Cartagena was founded in 1533 and the clock tower behind me
is probably the most famous landmark you will see here.
Originally, this was the place to get in and out of the walled fortress.
They started building it in 1601 and it was originally called ‘the mouth of the bridge’
because there were a drawbridge here that extended down over the moat
so that you could get in and out.
The best way to get around in Cartagena is by horse-drawn carriage.
You’ll see them all over the city.
So vámonos.
Given its location, Cartagena became a really important port city.
Some people called it the gateway to South America
and it was a place where a lot of gold was accumulated before it was shipped back to Spain.
So there was a lot of treasure to be found here
which made it a really popular spot for pirates and buccaneers.
So as we’re driving around the city, all I can think about is how much history this place has seen.
That was really fun and we asked our driver to let us off at a part of the wall
where you can get a drink right on top.
You can sit in these really comfortable reclining chairs and there’s a band playing right now
so we seem to have got here at the right time.
That is such a gorgeous place to just sit and have a drink.
Now we’re heading towards dinner.
We’re walking along the city wall.
It’s four kilometres worth of walls and apparently it took them more than two centuries to build.
They started at the end of the sixteenth century and because of all the attacks on the city
by enemies of the Crown and by pirates it took them quite a while.
But it’s absolutely gorgeous and still intact.
So we are making our way along it.
The sun is setting so we’re going to sit up here and just watch the sunset before dinner.
Ok excuse the emo hair -
Have you seen my hair?
It’s amazing.
It’s so frizzy!
Anyway.
Anyway, I was here in Cartagena in 2016 and I went to this incredible restaurant
that I never thought I’d get to take Eileen to and here we are together and we’re gonna go.
That was one of the best meals I’ve had in Colombia.
Maybe the best meal in Colombia.
I…yeah.
Honestly, that was so delicious.
I’m so glad that we got to go there.
Me too.
We both got the same thing which was…
Peruvian ceviche.
So it was the ceviche with red onion, a fried plantain with guacamole, tomato,
sweet potato, red pepper, corn.
So crunchy the corn - oh my god.
It was so good.
And then to drink - the drink might’ve actually been my favourite thing.
I had a Limonada de Coco which is just lime juice with ice and coconut milk.
And I had a Michelada with Club Colombia with a salted rim.
So good.
I also loved the whole vibe of the place inside.
It’s like a mermaid theme.
Or it kind of feels like somebody watched Life Aquatic and then designed it the next day.
That’s such a good analogy.
Because it kind of feels a little bit like Wes Anderson.
There are some Wes Anderson touches for sure.
Had something to do with it, yeah.
And just there’s like mermaid scales on the floor.
Some of the artwork.
The tiles.
There’s little portholes and, I don’t know, it just felt very whimsical.
Obviously we love Wes Anderson.
Yes.
Anyway that was really fun.
I’m glad that we did this.
Me too.
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This tastes like angel’s wings.
It’s so good!