Today we woke up at around 7:00 am, which was a little hard to do with cold showers. The owner of our house hopefully should have that fixed by Wednesday. We made potato and egg tacos for breakfast, and right around 8 our driver Jaime picked us up. We took about a 20 minute drive to the middle of Medellin, where we would spend the next 4 hours on our city tour. First up was an old train station that was deactivate. We learned about an older president that Colombia had who owned much of the high ways, so he took a lot of the trains away. There was also a small model of the plaza that we were in, which included the train stations and many statues. After we walked to the Museo de Botero, a famous artist from Medellin. He is the oldest living artist and world renowned. The museum had a large of collection of his work which was very impressive.
After taking the tour through the Museum we stopped at a typical local restaurant named El Llanerito to eat lunch. There was a meat and potato spread, with some of the best lemonade I've ever had. Right after, we headed for the orphanage. Upon arrival, we started to unpack our suitcases and organized the clothes for the kids. After that we met the kids and started playing with them. We split up into teams and played soccer for about an hour. We had a small snack with the kids after. They gave us little cakes and sodas, and we got to learn more about them. After that, we got into groups again and started painting pictures with them. Around 6 pm, it was time to go back to the house. We made pasta and chorizo, and watched the first episode of Narcos. Tomorrow, we will be going to a famous mall named Santa Fe that will have an elaborate display of the festival of the flores which is a grand festival that started in Medellin in 1957. In the afternoon we will go back to the orphanage I am unable to upload photos at the time, but will be updating soon.
Nico
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