THE SPANISH ADVENTURE BLOG
When is the Best Time to Visit Colombia Based on the Weather?
Many travelers wonder about the best time to visit Colombia due to its rainy and dry seasons. However, one of the country’s charms is its highly varied climate. Colombia has diverse climate zones: warm and tropical along the coasts and plains, cool in mountainous areas, and mild in intermediate valleys. This variety means that while there are generally rainy and dry seasons, the weather can vary significantly depending on the region, and even within days in the same location.
Volunteering in Colombia
Volunteering at a Spanish school in San Carlos can be an incredibly enriching experience. Not only do you get to immerse yourself in the language and culture of a beautiful country, but you also get to give back to the community for example by teaching English to local students. In this blog, we'll explore what it's like to volunteer at a Spanish school in San Carlos and why it can be such a rewarding experience.
Top 5 places you cannot miss during your trip to Colombia
It’s a good sign that I’m finding it hard to make a list of only five places you can't miss in Colombia. My three weeks in Colombia have turned into three months and counting. This country has so much to offer and I have loved exploring the diverse landscapes as well as getting to know the rich culture. Between all the cities, mountains and coasts it can be hard to know what to do in Colombia and even harder to choose only five places you can’t miss… but I’ve tried my best.
"The Happiest Are Those Who Do For Others" - My English Teaching Experience in San Carlos
Like many others, I arrived at Spanish Adventure with one main goal - to become as fluent as I can in Spanish in a short time period. My expectations were exceeded with the number of amazing experiences, friends, and lessons that I received here. Without a doubt one of the best decisions in my travels to arrive here - but we’ll get to that later :) What I did not expect was the joy and fulfillment I would receive from teaching English as a volunteer.
Five simple ways to reduce single use plastics consumption while traveling in Colombia
With how the food economy works here and in the rest of the world it's virtually impossible to avoid plastic waste. However there are always choices we can make to reduce the amount of single use plastics we consume. Let's all do more to protect the natural beauty of Colombia while we're here!
Travel Fatigue and How to Beat It: Why Slow Travel Is Just What You Need
I had been wanting to learn Spanish for a long time. Having discovered my passion for languages after my first set of travels abroad, I knew Spanish would be one of the first languages I would tackle. Not only would it give me the freedom to access much more of the world, but it would also open up many other opportunities career-wise.
Travel Advice for Colombia 2021 - 2022
I had loads of questions about travelling to Colombia before I arrived, so here’s all the information you need if you’re considering a trip in late 2021 or 2022.
Why Learning a Language is the Ultimate Practice in Mindfulness
Gap Year in Latin America: Life's Greatest Classroom
Life experience over job experience
Like with most tasks that have been put on hold for a while, I’m having a hard time finding a place to start. So why not start in, uhm, southern Italy, in June 2019. Back then I was on vacation, camping and surfing with some good friends. The weather was incredible, our camping site was located right by the ocean and the wind was strong. Shortly before, I had just started my first job in a rehabilitation hospital after finishing university for a degree in psychology. My original wish was to travel the world before starting my career, but that’s kind of difficult when you don’t have any money saved up for it. So I did what my parents urged me to do: I took the path of flawless CV’s and least resistance, leading straight into the world of full-time-work. I searched for a job to begin my therapy program, found one, and eventually started helping people get their life back together while mine was not really where I wanted it to be.
4 Reasons Why You Should Learn a Language (& Travel!) with your Partner
My husband and I have been together for a little over 4 years. The first night we met, I told him about this epic “World Tour” that I was planning to take one day and he was ALL about it. Fast forward a few years to early (“pre”-pandemic) 2020: we were celebrating our wedding and looking forward to finally making our World Tour dream a reality… and then COVID-19 happened.
Travel in the Time of COVID-19
At the beginning of 2019, my wife and I started making arrangements to leave our jobs and take a 14-month sabbatical starting in April 2020. When the pandemic “started” in March we had already sold all of our furniture, purchased numerous never-to-be completed flights, and set irreversible dates for our departure from work and the end of our apartment lease. In short, we were going somewhere. This blog post is not written to convince others that travel in the time of COVID-19 is or should be accepted. Instead, it is written to describe our experience and provide some tips and predictions for those who decide to travel in the short-term future.
Traveling and being a vegan in Colombia
I’m vegan, and I’m passionate about food. In this post I want to share experiences, ideas, and thoughts I’ve gathered while traveling as a vegan, and hopefully it will provide some inspiration.
Adventures in Antioquia Colombia: Rock Climbing in Guatapé
Thanks to Spanish Adventure’s excellent location in San Carlos, the school offers great insight into the area’s hidden gems. Guatapé, just two hours from San Carlos, is famous for her 200-meter tall, granite rock: El Peñol. Most tourists take the stairs to reach the top—but Spanish Adventurers aren’t “most tourists”, so we tied in to harnesses and ropes for incredible, adrenaline-enhanced views of the area.
5 Easy Steps to Plan Your Backpacking Trip Through South America
South America is a truly wonderful, magical place. It has everything you could want in a backpacking adventure. In this article, some well-earned road wisdom is laid out to help you plan the South American trip of your dreams. From figuring out your ‘why?’ to learning the language. Vamonos!
Colombia's national sport: Tejo - steel, explosives, and beer.
While Colombia’s civil war is formally over, one explosive part of its history remains. Colombia’s national sport, Tejo, involves gunpowder, steel projectiles, and alcohol. A combination of any of the latter might sound like a recipe for disaster, yet blowing stuff up while drinking beer is perhaps the best national sport a country could wish for.
How to be a Vegetarian in Small-Town Colombia
Before coming to Colombia, Colombian food seemed to consist only of meat-filled empanadas and arepas - not really vegetarian. Moreover, vegetarianism is not widespread in the region - less than eight percent of South Americans eat no meat. However, being a vegetarian gave me the opportunity to try new food and improve my Spanish at the same time!
Student Profiles - Learning the Language of Travel
Many backpackers travel the world like stones skimming across a lake. If it wasn't for this language school, I could quite easily have spent all my time travelling as an invisible spectator - neither giving nor gaining anything along the way.
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We are an immersive Spanish school located just outside Medellin, Colombia. Our passion is sharing the nature and culture of Colombia. We believe learning Spanish is an adventure.
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