Santa Marta is a vibrant city full of delicious food and color. We’ve taken to having fried pastries in the mornings for breakfast. From my understanding, these are terrible for your health. But they’re all different. So far we’ve had some that taste like egg rolls, some that are filled with beef, some filled with cheese, some filled with egg, and some with potatoes. I think they’re really tasty. But then again, fried food tastes better than cereal (for the first week at least)
Yesterday, we went to the Museo del Oro (Museum of the Gold for all our non-Spanish speaking friends) which was a very educational experience. The museum is in a historical building in the old town of Santa Marta, and it’s set up well. Though I’ve never been particularly receptive to museums, I think I learned at least a bit from this one. The exhibits contained a lot of artifacts from the history of Santa Marta and pre-Hispanic culture of Colombia and the history of the museum.
We also went to the dentist today. I think one of our other crew members is going to write about that one though, so I won’t spoil the surprise. Make sure to keep an eye on the blog to see it as soon as it hits the press! Until next time!
-Fenton