May 5, 2025
CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA - EASTER SUNDAY 4/20/25
The PORT OF CARTAGENA wins the BEST PORT EXPERIENCE prize so far; they had an aviary just for cruise passengers to enjoy along with the typical shops and cafes. The Birds were free to roam all over, plentiful and active! Quite the Hello!
Our Sunday Mass group has grown significantly over the last few months and on Easter Sunday we had 14 of us going to 10 am Mass at Cathedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandria in the old city.
A very personable and energetic female guide approached us at the Port and arranged a large van transport for us and then waited while we were in Mass to give us a tour of town afterwards. Her approach and pricing was very reasonable, and 10 of us spent the next 4 hours, with her and her driver. We walked the Old City parts, about 3 hours and drove to the other sights, outside the city walls and then returned to the Port just before 2 pm, to catch the end of Lunch. Below is old City highlights.
Columbia is very proud of their beauty queens and that so many have also captured the title of Miss Universe. Remember when Steve Harvey said the wrong name as winner ? One of the Miss Columbia's held the title for 8 minutes until revoked!
Their faces are commemorated on the sidewalk in the Plaza de Bolivar.
Emeralds are also a big part of Columbia business, so of course we had a presentation at a jeweler / distributor. Emeralds are my birthstone but I held strong and didn't buy any, despite all their efforts and pricing that was almost free!!!
Above is the Fort and Below the modern City that surrounds the walls of old City
