THEATERS IN BOGOTA

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Do you want me to give you a good reason for coming to Bogota??????...........Well, I have one good reason; you have to come because of its incredible theaters!!!!!!!!!! You must see them; they are the best theaters in the entire world!!!! For example I went to the Teatro Colon, and it was the most incredible experience of all my life.

The Teatro Colon is located at the 10th Street with 5th Avenue, at the city center. It was built at 1885 and it's considered as a national monument since 1995. It is very recognized as one of the most beautiful Italian-style theaters in our continent.

At the interior of the theater are three rooms for presentations: The principal room, that is the biggest one with a capacity of 900 spectators, the Foyer room, located at the second floor, with a capacity from 150 to 200 spectators and the Victor Mallarino room, used specially for the teaching of the scenic arts.

When I went I saw expert actors and actresses, incredible acts and great different stories.

In my opinion, the Teatro Colon is one of the best theaters of America and you must come to see it!

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The Colsubsidio Theater, also known as the Roberto Arias Perez Theater, is a famous building, founded in May 7, 1981. It has a conservative interior but excellent acoustics. At the entrance is a beautiful sculpture of two children. The theater features various types of performances, such as dance, concerts by Colombian and international artists, and plays.

It is located at the 26^th Street with 25^th Avenue, at the center of the city, I liked it very much, and I saw spectacular plays.

It is a complete theater because it has 1,000 seats, 3 cafeterias, medical service, parking for 250 vehicles, lift for disabled and elderly, a cloakroom, and a full staff of ushers and assistants for the audience.

I felt really good in the theater; it was comfortable, it was clean, it was secure and the plays were very cool.

In my opinion, the Colsubsidio Theater is one of the best theaters in Bogota, so come on! Take a look to the Colsubsidio Theater in Bogota, Colombia, ITS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

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Another good theater is the Teatro Nacional La Castellana; it is one of the best theaters that I have ever seen.

The Teatro Nacional La Castellana is located at the north of the city in the 95^th Street with 47^th Avenue, and was founded in 1981, by a Colombian actress called Fanny Mickey. It has a capacity of approximately 700 spectators. It is a little theater used frequently for local artists presentations, especially in the stand-up comedy style, although there are some seasons in which theatrical plays are presented. I had the opportunity of visit it in multiple times, and I always return to my home with the satisfaction of enjoying a good show.

I saw many interesting shows, with funny artists and great sound.

In my opinion, The Teatro Nacional La Castellana is one of the funniest theaters in the entire entire world.

Come on!! Take a look to the theater, and you will not get bored.

Museums in Bogota

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There are museums for each of us and they are out there waiting for you. They will show you what you like and what you want. There are museums for little children and even for a very specialized doctor, physician and astronomer. There are museums were you just go and see but there are others were you go and learn by touching, listening, looking, smelling and even tasting this ones are really cool and make you feel you are part of the exhibition. This is how Bogota’s museums are like:

If you are a parent and want your children to learn and have fun there are two places you make take them: The Children's Museum of Bogota and Maloka. These places have didactic machines that will actually make understand the whole thing and make them laugh and have fun.

If you like collecting coins and bills there is a place called “The Coin House” where there are kept all the coins and bill that were made in the last two hundred years. You will see how the heavy gold coins evolved to a little plastic rectangle called a credit card.

There is a great place that is known as the District Planetarium were there are exhibitions about astronomy. Better than watching pictures and reading about planets it is to see the Milky Way moving by animations and the earth rotation reflected in a huge dome around you.

There are many ways of learning something but the best one is to feel it on you. This is the ways that will make you understand better everything. This will help to enlarge the curiosity you have in yourself and in the future there will be a you who know lots of stuff and how to transmit it to the others.

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Bogota is the capital city of Colombia. It was founded in the year 1538 by three Spaniards: Gonzalo Jimenez de Quezada, Sebastian de Belalcazar y Nicolas de Federman. As it is too old, the city has been the setting of many events that decided the future of the country and even the one of the huge region known as Latin-America.

At the beginning Bogotá was known as Bacatá and was a huge territory inhabited by the Muiscas, indigenous group that lived in the region of Bogota and its surroundings. The indigenous group leaved, before disappearing, treasures and tools. This collection has been named the “Museo Del Oro” and is safety kept by the principal and national bank of the country. Also there are other places such as Casa Del Marqués de San Jorge.

In the early 1800’s Bogota was the main setting of the movement of the Independence. The story says that some Americans were asking a Spaniard for a Flower Pot. The Spaniard denied and the Flower Pot broke up.  Taking this as a reason the Americans began what is now known as the Neogranadian Process of Independence. The items that were collected of these movements and its causes and precedents are kept in many museums as: The Museum of Colonial Art, Quinta de Bolivar, Casa Museo Francisco José de Caldas and the Museum of Independence.

Another decisive situation was the “Bogotaso”. It was, I should say, the most violent event ever happened in this city. A leader was murdered by the opposite political party and the whole city revolved. All the people where armed and there was a huge confusion. The “Casa Museo Jorge Eliecer Gaitan” keeps the goods of the leader and all the documentation of the event (newspaper, pictures, and recordings).

Bogota is a very old city and keeps too many information and items that are based in our past. It is not as just to read and listen history lessons but to try it, see it and why not touch it. That is the importance of the historic museums and what they have for us. So why not to go out and explore them and find or learn something you didn’t know.

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Such as in the big capitals of the world, Bogota is a city with many museums and art galleries. It offers exactly 58 museums and 70 art galleries. If you are interested in a special school of artists, you may research, and I am sure you will find the museum specialized in the topic you want or need. The variety of museums goes from the pre-Hispanic age up to the 21^st century.

If you are interested in the pre-Hispanic art there are lots of museums and galleries were the tools and items of the indigenous groups are kept. There are museums such as the “Museo Del Oro” that has over 35 thousand items of gold, along with 30 thousand ceramic and stone items and tools. There are other places such as the “Casa del Marqués de San Jorge”.

There is a museum that is based in the Colombian colonization that is named the Colonial Art Museum. It has Christian art and golden piece that were made during the colony times.

Also there is a great museum that has 123 works of Fernando Botero. He is an important Colombian painter whose work and paintings are characterized by the fat people and their beautifulness.

Bogota is one of the greatest cities in the world and is a place where you can enrich your culture and learn things taking a look on them and realizing all details they have. It is great to see stuff, tool, items and work that were seen by hundreds of people in the past. Maybe the painter, designer or goldsmith is death, physically, but his ideas and beliefs are still alive and written in the only language that can be understood by a 3 years old child, The Art.  

festivals in bogota

Some of the most recognized festivals celebrated here in Bogota include the Festival Iberoamericano De Teatro, Festival Internacional del Jazz, Festival: Rock Al Parque.

I had the opportunity to go and watch 2 presentations of the Italian people making the Festival Iberoamericano De Teatro 2010. I went in vacations with my dad, and my brother. Some minutes before the presentation begins, we were still looking for a sit! I was very stressed, but then we could find solution, and when it started, was amazing. It was at the Plaza de Los Toros, and the presentations were at the bottom part, were everybody could see them. At the beginning I was a little scared because there were no lights, but after some minutes lights started to appear with different colors following the artists. There were many activities joined together in 1 presentation. They danced and flied, and even they hanged from a little rope that was joined to a helicopter. I loved it!  Although I was almost crying before the presentation began, I felt much better when the artists began their presentation.

About the Festival Del Jazz. I haven’t been in this festival, but what I found was that it is celebrated in September. It is a musical encounter, were artists and people connect with music, with the jazz power. Bogotan people have been celebrating this festival since 1996, the year when it was created. It is celebrated at Simon Bolivar Park, Parque Nacional, Parque de la Independencia, Parque del Renacimiento, La Media Torta, and Parque de los Novios. It has been a good tourists-attraction. Seems good. I expect some day I could watch it by myself.

About the Festival del Rock: It was born in 1995, and in 2009 its 15^th editions arrives. Since 2005 Rock al Parque Festival counts with its own space to the production of rock, known as “Carpa Distrito Rock”. Its main pourpose is to bring many rock artists, it is a festival concert. But this festival has brought many problems; when people gets inside there, they become crazy, drugging, kicking, hitting, fighting, dancing, destroying, they become uncontrollable.

 by Margarita Rey 8a

Bogota Restaurants

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Do you know where to eat in your City?

Bogota, Colombia has lots of restaurants, bars and coffee shops. It can be said that not all of them are good in the hygiene. You have got to be careful to choose the restaurant where you are eating. You may want a healthy and clean food. Don’t put your family in risk of intoxication. If I have to recommend you restaurants I would tell you to go to some places I will call Restaurant Districts.

This is the expression I use to refer to a specific location were there are many different restaurant, near each other. In the list of the Restaurant Districts are places as:

·         Zona Rosa

·         Zona T

·         Usaquen

·         La 93

·         Centro Internacional

·         Zona G

·         And many others

In these Restaurant Districts you can find food from different places in the world such as China, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Japan, Peru, Argentina, France, USA, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Colombia. You can find cheap and expensive restaurants where prices for any budget.

Some restaurants are attended by their owner and some are chains of theme restaurant such as Hard Rock Café, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Some of them are fancy and elegant. So choose your preferences.

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What do you want for meal tonight?

If you want to eat something expensive, rare and delicious, in an elegant place you might rather restaurants as La Fragata or San Isidro. 

If you want something expensive, rare and delicious but not elegant you may go to La Pesquera Jaramillo or Andres Carne de Res.

If you want something not too expensive, rare and delicious then go to Crepes and Waffles, Hard Rock Cafe or El Corral Gourmet.

Or maybe you want something cheap, normal and delicious you must go to Pizza Hut, Mc Donald’s, KFC or Kokoriko.

I am sure you will find a perfect restaurant to have a wonderful dinner where you can pay by cash, credit card, debit card or checks.  You might to pay in Colombian Currency or dollars.

If you are not sure of your specific conditions or selections I recommend you to go walking by one Restaurant District, you can go the nearest one, watch out for special one that attracts you. Look carefully the menu (take in count allergies and food restrictions) and decide if that’s The Place.

NOTE:  Usually the tip in Colombia is 10% of the total price, it is included in the ticket but it is voluntary.

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Last week I visited Usaquen Restaurant District in order to make a selection of some restaurants which have good taste and service.  The prices are most of the cases are  more moderated, not too cheap but not too expensive.

First I went to Patagonia.  It is a delicious place to eat Argentina´s Food.  The meat selection and quality is excellent.  The decoration makes you feel like if you where in Argentina with Soccer and Tango stuff all around you.   I recommend “Bife de Chorizo”.

Then I visited Alfredo Bistro. Although this is a French restaurant where you can find a delicious “Fillet Mignon”, there are dishes that are considered a mix of Italian and French cuisine.  The decoration is simple and modern.

The next one I visited was La Biferia.  It is also Argentina’s food but with an elegant and light decoration.  Any traditional cut of meat is prepared in the grill with your terms of cooking. I took a Churrasco with Chimichurri.  I loved it.

On Wednesday, I went to The Irish Pub. Obviously I was not going to have an alcoholic drink but I enjoyed the place and food.  The decoration was full of clovers; there were pictures and logos many traditional industries and beers.

On Thursday I visited 80 Sillas.  It is a fusion Restaurant.  The main dishes are Ceviche Peruano and Cocktails.   The decoration is simple and modern and I liked the gas chimneys heating the whole place.

On Friday I went to favorite restaurant in this district, Mi Calle. Maybe is because the spicy and hot food or because its decoration that makes allegory to a typical and traditional “Pueblo” in Mexico.  The decoration has lots details and painting of Frida Kahlo.  There is a representative market and other places. I love the Fajitas and Burritos.

This is just a little bit of the restaurants found in the nearest district I have. You can watch out for many different foods but better than reading this blog, go to and explore yourself the restaurants in Bogotá.  Make your own list and recommend your partner and friends to do the same and enjoy.




By: Alejandro Ramos

3rd Article About Neighborhoods

When I went to Boyaca Avenue I could see it was not so full, and thanks to its size, it is easy to go fast on it. Also, you can see the buildings near it and malls, they are easy to locate.
Unicentro Neighborhhod is often full because it has the famous Fontana hotel and Unicentro Mall and Bolos Place and Imax cinema.But it is amazing, if you wanna enjoy a weekend here in Bogota you had better go to Unicentro.

San cipriano is a small neighboorhood, in street 167 you can find anything. Even if you need an extrange disguise of and indian then you can get it there. It is very close to Abraham Lincoln Primary School, which is located on street 170. 

Street 170 is large and it has Abraham Lincoln 2 sections, Primary and High School. You can also see Carrefour, Alkosto, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Library, Kia Motors Cars, Chevrolets Cars, and more in street 170.

Niza Antigua has old houses and buildings, and what identifies it is Bulevar Mall. It is very beautiful because it has full vegetation, if you take a general view you can see it almost green.

Cedritos Neighborhood is never full, in fact, sometimes I see it very abandoned. But the houses and buildings it has are very pretty, in general this neighborhood is beautiful. Versalles is also big and organized, it is very closed to boyaca avenue. You can see Exito from there. Versalles has parks with enough space to play basket, volleyball, soccer and more. Houses and building in it are pretty too. Very beautiful.

About my personal experience, what I saw was that sometimes, Boyaca avenue can help you to get faster to a place than street 170, and than El Dorado avenue. There are schools and colleges near street 170, such as San Tarcicio school, ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL. Mazuren has in his majority long buildings, it has houses too, but in its majority there are buildins. In Bella Suiza neighboorhoods, i could see it is near Unicentro, and it has very large buildings. I speci

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