Day trip to Santa Rosa
Monday July 15, 2024 - Pereira, Colombia-
Anyone who knows us knows how much we love this area of Colombia. My first trip to Colombia brought me here to Pereira and I fell in love. During that initial trip, my in-laws and other family members made a trip to Santa Rosa de Cabal which solidified my love for the region forever. Actually, Santa Rosa is now my first love just because of the size and a bit cooler climate.
We needed to make a run with Claudia’s dad, Hernando, for some other business he had. So we took advantage and hung out with him for the day. We left peanut with Grandma who was more than eager to have alone time with Andre. We thought it would be really a sweet opportunity for her since we live so far away and won’t get to see him as often. Anyway…where in the world a, I talking about? I think I did some of this in another section of this website but in case you missed it…
Pereira is about 200 miles west of Bogota and pretty much the half way point between Medellin and Cali.
Heading north over the mountain about 10 miles to Santa Rosa de Cabal…God’s country
Over the bridge that connects Pereira and Dos Quebradas. Fun fact; Nani was born in Pereira and Santi in Dos Quebradas
For those who don’t know, we own a small chunk of land that sits undeveloped and waiting for my retirement. Developed or not, we’re visiting several times during a typical trip to Colombia. Today was no different.
Me and my man at the main town square in Santa Rosa. Surprised to see they were moving an artisan market within the square. I think it will be nicer than its previous location. That’ll be nice.
The lot.
At the neighbors house, Claudia walking with her dad down the hill towards our lot
Nature!
We didn’t spend much time there since our main purpose was for Hernando’s personal business. Heading back into the actual town of Santa Rosa I snapped a few pictures of the scenery.
Can’t do business on an empty stomach! Stopped by an empenada stand for a little “álguito”.
We did some grocery shopping before heading home. Ended up getting back around 8 pm. We were greeted by HUGE ear to ear smiles and hyper hand flapping laughter by a certain little boy who is the star of this blog. It was very sweet but on the way home, Nani said “I miss Andre” and it seems like a unanimous opinion from the back seat of the car. Well, the siblings didn’t disappoint. Lots of playing on the floor and a certain peanut stayed up way past his bedtime because of all the catching up we needed to do for this missed day of play. I know the kids did some pictures and videos on another device, maybe I’ll have them do a post tomorrow with some of that material.
Love you all!
Nice painting of our Lord in a closed artisan shop.