We spend our American Thanksgiving in a sweet little Colombian town called Paipa. It was an easy 3 hour bus ride to this town of about 10,000 people. It is known for its artisan cheeses and hot springs or
aguas termales. When we first arrived, we took a walk around the lake and discovered a
plaza del toro. We checked first to be sure there weren't any bulls in the ring, then we had our own bull-fighting fun.
Linnea, the patrton saint of bull fighters...
Fruit and veggies.............................. or tasty meats?
Being inconspicuous on the streets of Paipa...
we got a lot of stares because there doesn't seem to be too many foreign tourists.
Rotary International seemed to have commissioned for this great crocodile-looking statue to be created from bicycle sprockets, wrenches, random car parts, and other mechanic shop paraphernalia. It was situated along a pedestrian path at Lago Sochagota. We discovered it on the way to the hot springs, which we will post pictures of soon.
The beds and furniture were covered with plastic when we arrived and the place needed to be aired out a bit, but in no time we were right at home.
The kid's favorite part of the house (other than the fire place) was the pass-through door from the kitchen to the living room where we played restaurant and passed endless cups of hot chocolate.
