We started celebrating the holidays by taking our friend and realtor, Daniel, his beautiful wife, Diana and Craig out for dinner on Friday night. We had a great time and I was encouraged that talking Spanish to Diana went better than my efforts last year when I had used up all my Spanish words in the first 20 minutes.
The next night, I had Oscar, my taxi driver, take Roger, Craig and I on a Christmas light tour. For 40 years, Medellin has created a light festival called Los Alumbrados, which is a spectacular display throughout the city.
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| Oscar had planned his route to ensure we saw everything from different vantage points. |
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| One of the large light displays seen from across the river. |
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These pinwheels are powered by water from the river - and
they even change color. Amazing sight. |
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| Lights in El Centro |
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| Amazing carts of food were set up all along the river. |
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| Deep fried pieces of heaven -- aka Churros. |
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| Craig Stratford and me in front of one of the displays. |
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Thousands of people walked along the river seeing the displays
and enjoying the wonderful atmosphere. |
By any measure, Los Alumbrados is a Christmas light display extraordinaire. A winter wonderland without the snow. Me gusta!
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