A Day At The Museum

The summer is reaching its end and that means I'm now back home for some time... I'm back in uni, meaning I need to start focusing on my studies and do some work! Although there are some lucky ones who still have quite a long time of holidays left, I'm pretty sure that many of you are in my situation. But if there's something I can say about it, is that it's absolutely not an excuse to stop having fun!

Being back home has meant seeing some of my friends again and, what's best, getting to hang out with my lovely sister again! And that's exactly what we started doing last week, as soon as I arrived from New York: we went to the Colombian National Museum, where they're showing this amazing exposition about the gods, myths and religion in Greece, showing a ceramics collection from the Louvre Museum.

The exposition is only one room, but it was pretty enjoyable, although, to be honest, if you've been to the Louvre, it won't change your life. However, I wanted to go and see it, as my own way to support art here in Colombia. I've always had the impression that it's one of the things that people don't really appreciate that much here and, although it's improved in the las few years, we still have a long way to go in such cultural aspects...

What I did find amazing in the exposition was another room –especially designed for children– full of didactic activities designed to teach them how the Greeks lived. My sister and I decided to just be us, and lost our mind there! We were the happiest "kids" there! Among the different activities, we got to play with the Greek alphabet, send sand messages to the gods, and swing to avoid becoming crazy!

Love,

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio

Travel Diaries: Rome, Day 2

On our second day in Rome, we started by having another beautiful (although long) walk around the center of the city. We decided to start at the Castel of Sant'Angelo, and from then we went to the Palace of Justice. After that, we crossed the river and went south.

I would list all the places we saw, but if you've ever been to Rome you'd understand what a big trouble that would be... This city is so magical and full of history that wherever you walk by, you find amazing things to see!

We finally ended up by walking the Via del Corso and entered the beautiful Hotel Plaza for lunch. This place was absolutely magical. If I was a princess –or a billionaire, although princess sounds more romantic!– I would totally live in a place like this one. The lights, the decoration à la Versailles... And the food!

As usual, we had Caprese salad and prosciutto e melone for starters. However, this time we decided to explore a bit more. My sister ordered paccheri with cheese and pepper, while I decided to explore something completely new for my main dish: risotto with lemon and strawberry. I had never even imagined something like this before. But I loved it! To be honest, I was a bit scared that it would be too sweet. But it was just perfect. Of course, the strawberries act like a sweetener, but it was right where it had to be for it to be considered a good lunch, instead of just dessert!

We spent the evening window shopping at Via Condotti, and then had dessert there. We entered a place called Café Greco, where we ate ice-cream, chocolate cake and drank a cup of cappuccino. Although this place was very well located, I don't really believe it was tasty enough to charge prices so elevated. Street gelato is much better––and cheaper!

We walked back to Piazza del Popolo, where we saw the sunset. One thing I really love about Rome is the sky. It's always perfectly blue during the summer. And it makes the magic of the place almost touch you!

Love,

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio