This morning we didn’t really have anything planned so we
slept in and then walked around the old city. There was a really cute café we
saw yesterday that we wanted to go to for breakfast but we couldn’t quite
remember where it was. We were determined to find it though, so after wondering
up and down all of the side streets just as we were about to give up, we
finally found it. It was worth the wait because the coffee was amazing! I had
to go back and get a second one in the afternoon. After breakfast we went to
see the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, which was a high fortress overlooking
the city that was built in 1536. We joined a Spanish speaking tour of the
castle, so Jeff had to translate everything for me and halfway through we ended
up getting kicked out because they realized we didn’t have a ticket. J We finished up the
tour exploring by ourselves, which was just was good! After touring the castle we took a cab up to the
highest point of the city where there is an old monastery called La Popa. From La Popa you had a 360 view of the entire
city, which was pretty awesome. Looking down at the city, we soon realized the
bus tour we went on did not really give you the whole story of Cartagena. A
forth of the city (where we are staying and what we toured) is very wealthy and
nice and the other 3/4s is extremely poor and the slums. It was really crazy to
see the contrast from a bird’s eye view. It really put things into perspective.
After our castle and La Popa tours we decided to rent some
bikes and ride around the new city on a bike path that runs along the
coastline. It was a fun way to see that part of the city and Jeff enjoyed
seeing all of the fancy boats in the bay. We finished up our last night in
Cartagena at another outside bar sitting on Adirondack chairs with a view of
the ocean and Club Colombian beers. 
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