A little walk in Chapinero Alto and a yummy lunch

Hello, Hivers and Wednesday Walkers!

Today's walk was actually two weeks ago when I was in Bogotá.

One of the things a bit frustrating when you visit a city like Bogotá and you are alone is that you have to be very cautious on the street. So I couldn't photograph what caught my attention on the streets because I couldn't take out my cell phone. But at some point, I felt more confident in the neighborhood where I was staying. And this little walk I took on Wednesday two weeks ago.

It was past noon when I got rid of the paperwork I had to do that day and I was ready to go out to explore the area of Chapinero Alto where I was staying. So the first thing I did was to go to a place to eat. The place I chose was a few blocks away. A cafe called Domestica.

I decided to order the menu of the day. And I ordered a beer. I tried a dark beer of the brand Club Colombia, I told about it in A black beer perfect to chill out on the terrace.

The menu included spinach cream, which was very tasty.

And then the main course was a chicken acevichado (with lemon and red onion dressing), on a patacón (fried green plantain) and a salad. It was a lot of food, to be honest, and everything was yummy.

Then I had a black coffee, un tinto, as they called the Americano coffee.

All this cost me around10 dollars.

After that lunch, I was ready for a little walk. And I needed it because I ate too much.

So I walked through the streets near the cafe. I loved the bushes on the sidewalks of this street.

And the buildings in this part of town, especially the one or two-story houses, were beautiful. I like that in this part although there are some modern buildings they are not very tall. Almost all the ones I saw were only a few stories high.

Going around the block, I landed on 57th Street, which I took almost every day to go to the place where I was staying. But that day, instead of going up that street, I decided to keep exploring and went straight down a different street.

This led me to discover a small neighborhood market where they sold organic and vegan food.

Since it was so hot in Bogota those days, I was craving an ice cream. In this little market, I got an artisan ice cream sweetened with agave honey, which is better for those of us who have to watch out for our sugar intake. That day I tried the lemon cream. And then in the following days, I went back a couple more times to try other flavors, hehe.

I continued my way along the street leading up from the market.

This street bordered a small park called Parque Portugal.

More two-story houses, made of bricks, of the kind that I like so much and that can be found in some neighborhoods of the city. In this street, there was a pedestrian passage directly to the street where I was staying.

The passage was some stairs that communicate both streets.

Some graffiti on one of the walls facing the stairs.

And the view of the basketball court in the park that I almost always saw being used, even late at night.

Another view of the street behind me.

Arriving at my Airbnb. I went straight to the terrace of the building to enjoy my lemon cream ice cream. And by the time I remembered to take a picture of it, I had already taken a bite, lol.

And I stayed there for a while contemplating the view of the street and the afternoon of clear skies after a nice little walk and a yummy lunch.

And so ends my walk today.

This is my post for this week's #wednesdaywalk challenge hosted by @tattoodjay.

Thank you for reading.

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© CoquiCoin

February 7, 2024

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