Colombia 2019 – Day 06
Started the day with a delicious breakfast made by my father in law. Arepa and eggs with onion and tomatoes.
Spent time coloring with the kids at the house then we visited my wife’s grandmother before heading to the airport.
Just before the airport, we went to Rancho Edén for typical Colombian food. We started with crispy chicharrón for an appetizer, this was followed by Baby Beef and Punta de Anca. Both were delicious. To drink we natural juices in water/milk and coconut limeade. Main beef dishes are about $29,000 pesos ($8.95 USD).
Beef doneness runs on the rare side. A typical medium will be a little bloody.
Made it to the airport on time, but learned a few things:
- Spirit air was not accepting mobile boarding pass meaning that had to do the line for a printed boarding pass.
- You could not go through security with bags of ground coffee larger than 340 grams. Multiple bags are fine as well as whole bean coffee bags.
Be aware that you can’t have glass or ceramic coffee cups on your carry on. So check in your shot glasses or anything in a glass container on your checked bag.
After the wife successfully went through security we left to visit the town of Filandia. The town is located northwest about 19 km (24 min) from Circacia.
Once there we parked in the town square and went out for a walk. The town square buildings are well preserved and very colorful. There are plenty of good restaurants around as well as small vendors.
We extended our walking a few blocks past the square and were greeted by fantastic views of the region. It was raining on and off and we decided to start heading back to the square. On the square, we found a vendor with mini buñuelos (10 x 1000 pesos). There are little cheese dough balls.
I was craving obleas, which is a wafer sandwich that’s filled with arequipe (like a caramel sauce). Other fillings include condensed milk, whipped cream, and jams. We tried multiple things at the place selling obleas. First, we ordered two obleas with arequipe, cream and strawberry sauce.
My son ordered a guanabanon (soursop fruit). It consisted of a wafer cup filled with the fruit topped with arequipe, cream, and jam.
We finished the day by buying fresh chorizo and driving around the central plaza of Circacia. Later we went out for dinner at Rancho Arepas and had stuffed arepas.
