Bogota: The Neighborhood

The pictures below are just a sample of a bunch I took walking around Mike and Chelle’s neighborhood.

This is their building.

Even though the country is 90% Catholic, they live near a very exclusive synagogue. (So exclusive, visiting Jews are not allowed to go to services there for security reasons). I probably found the only menorah in the country!

The architecture is diverse but not overly distinctive in this part of town, but there is a lot of brick. It is a pretty orange-reddish brick color with a terracotta tinge. Definitely, not the kind you see on a rainy day in Philly. But I digress….

The northern part of the city reminded me a bit of Barcelona with the green dividers down the middle of the main roads and lots of tiny green “patches” – little parks, canals, etc.

And finally, no trip to a foreign country is complete for me without at LEAST a picture of McDonald’s. Here’s the the drive through near the McCafe off of Parque 93

PS – I went to the Gold Museum which was awesome but no pictures – sorry!