Mi little visit to Medellín - Antioquia.

Hey guys, how are you? Although I haven't posted in this community for quite a while (and in all of Hive, if I'm honest) I've been looking for a way to rejoin for a while, however, in the midst of a series of personal problems as well as a couple of drastic changes in the pace of my life I had postponed my return again and again.

The thing is that taking into account that a couple of days ago I had the opportunity to travel and see the city of Medellin for the first time, I thought it would be great to talk a little about the experiences I had in the city.

It all started when about 4 months ago I decided to buy plane tickets to go visit an old friend who had been living there for several years, and, although I'm not usually impulsive with this kind of things, I admit that I felt quite attracted by the cheap price of the tickets, as well as by the countless conversations we've had about the attractiveness of the city since she moved there.

Apart from this, it is worth mentioning that several friends and acquaintances coincidentally lived in the same city, so the incentives to travel were not exactly few.

So, what did I think of Medellín?

As a young Venezuelan, I never cease to be surprised by how different things can be when we decide to cross the border, not only because of the obvious cultural differences that exist between one country and the other, but also because of the subtle changes that exist between the way they function in social and obviously economic terms.

Medellín is a difficult city to describe, but I feel that a solid word to do so would be "Balanced", it has a large magnitude but is not overwhelming, and it is easy to find something to do on every corner, although there are also spaces for tranquility.

The streets are full of cafes, restaurants and various entertainment sites, and, although it is characterized by the typical flavor that we expect from any corner of Colombia, it is also clearly impacted by the presence of many foreign people, something that some locals take positively and others not so much.

There is room for everyone, and I found it curious how so many different realities could coexist in the same place, not only in socioeconomic terms, but also culturally.

I had my to-do list and although time was short I had the opportunity to do almost everything: I visited the restaurants I wanted to visit, we went to the most notable museums in the city and I accumulated a good number of cool pictures.

While I was spending my days there I remember that my friends kept insisting that at the end of my trip I would not want to return home, and although I admit that at the time I did not believe them, when the time came to return I understood perfectly what they meant.