we landed in Cartagena last night safe and sound, after almost missing the flight from Panama City. not my fault.

note – should you travel with someone that likes to wander and has no sense of time, set a meeting time in advance.  that way you’re not searching the airport for them while the final boarding call is being made for your flight. sigh.

we arrived fairly late, and thankfully we didn’t have to do anything today except for a city tour at 2 PM.  we slept in, had breakfast at the hotel (Hotel Monterrey), went to the market, took a nap, then went on the tour.

we went to the modern section of the city, the Castillo de San Felipe, the fortress that protected Cartagena from land attacks from the French and Spanish, the Zapatos Viejes (old shoes) monument, which pays tribute to the Cartagena’s poet Luis Carlos López and his poem “my old shoes” and the Cartagena Cathedral.

after the tour we went to Crepes and Waffles for a snack, and then made our way to El Santisimo for dinner.  Crepes and Waffles is already on the agenda for dinner tomorrow.