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The View from Colombia: Colored by Nature

By Christopher Burke 28 February 2012. Bogotá, Colombia. One of the great attractions of a climate as mild as Bogotá’s is its yearlong growing season.  Think first days of spring or very early summer...

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The View from Colombia: We Built This Country on Learning

By Christopher Burke Colegio de San Bartolomé de la Merced 18 April 2012. Bogotá, Colombia. The Jesuits, with their great store of knowledge, arrived in Colombia in 1589. Good lord, what a long time...

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The View from Colombia: Familiar, Welcoming Sights

By Christopher Burke 12 July 2012. Bogotá, Colombia. McDonald’s is stereotypical. The brand beckons daily on the geographical map of Bogotá. Not only that, but McDonald’s here has a pervasive...

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The View from Colombia: Looking out at the World from a Latin Viewpoint

by Christopher Burke Vacuum Cleaner Clinic 24 August 2012. Bogota, Colombia. Hanging on tight to one of the supporting guard rails by my right hand from my postage stamp footprint on the Transmilenio,...

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The View from Colombia: Headless Américo Vespucio

by Christopher Burke 10 September 2012. Bogota, Colombia. When I first saw the headless Américo Vespucio statue at Calle 97 and 7th, I was on a bus going downtown and new in Bogotá.  I was distracted...

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