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My second museum stop in Bogota was Museo Botero, displaying the works of Ferdando Botero, Colombia's most famous artist, painter, and sculptor.
Date: 03/05/2011
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Botero has a penchant for "proportionately exaggerated" images, or as he refers to them, "fat figures."
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Inside the Museo Botero, where by the way, admission is free!
Date: 03/05/2011
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Botero is probably more famous for his sculptures than his paintings.
Date: 03/05/2011
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Colombia's version of Starbucks is "Juan Valdez Cafe," where you can get a grande cafe latte for about a buck fifty. As Juan would say, "Colombian coffee....it's the richest kind."
Date: 03/05/2011
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Iglesia de San Ignacio, a Jesuit church which was begun in 1610 and consecrated in 1635.
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A typical colorful street of La Candeleria, the older Colonial section of Bogota.
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The tiny little candlelit restaurant, "Sanalejo," with a welcomed wood burning fireplace to take the chill out of the air.
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This is the "Baby Beef" entree, a strip of beef with a tasty sauce of garlic, parsley, peppers and oil on the side. Cost was approximately $11 USD.
Date: 03/05/2011
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Sunday flea market in the Parque de las Periodistas 2 blocks from my hotel in La Candeleria, or the historic section of Bogota.
Date: 03/06/2011
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The mountains help make Bogota more easily navigable, as they are so near and lie due East of the city.
Date: 03/06/2011
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