Lori and the Llama

Lori and the Llama

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Vive Colombia!

Very exciting news - I'm finally going to finish up the lovely continent of South America next month!  I just booked a trip to Colombia for late February - 10 days in Bogota and Cartagena.  Since I had to cut Colombia out of my initial trip, I've regretted it every day for the year and a half ever since!  I can't wait to go back to my favorite continent in the world!  Last year's vacations got a little bit messy - I had to change and cancel and remake all of my plans, but all worked out for the best since I ended up having a great time in Mexico at one of my best friend's weddings, and then took a small trip to Iceland in December.  Iceland was a really unique place, and contrary to popular belief I only came across two vikings and one Bjork (and she didn't even sing).  I'm going to the NYT travel show this weekend to find out as much as I can about Colombia, and also start gathering research for my (hopeful) trip to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia some point in 2013!
Separately, I don't think I ever noted this in here but - the book the Lost Girls - the one that inspired me to take this whole trip in the first place?  Well, it turns out that Amanda Pressner, one of the Lost Girls, actually works at my company!  One of my coworkers saw that I was a Lost Girl of the Week on my Facebook page and made the connection and introduced us.  We went for coffee and talked about both of our trips, and I felt like I was meeting a celebrity since I had read her whole life story and essentially followed in her footsteps.  And I loved that we're both at AMI now, and also both recently bought apartments in Brooklyn Heights!  Such a small world!