Naturally my flight out of New Orleans was delayed. So delayed that we all had to disembark the plane after boarding. We finally got underway and I had a row to myself so I was able to get some sleep on the flight. It was a sprint to make my connection in Panama City and I made it to the plane just as they were closing the door. Made it back to Medellin, showered and then fell asleep immediately.
Category: Daily
Day 255 | February 5
More not sleeping segued into Irish Coffee’s in the morning and then boarding a fan boat to head out into the swamp and tour around. It’s not exactly “gator season” but we did see some smaller ones and fan boats… always fun. Back in the afternoon to refuel with some beignets and then we hung out in the suite and watched the Super Bowl. After that it was more Bourbon Street times up until 2am when I had to leave and head directly to the airport.
Day 254 | February 4
Not a great deal of sleep last night. Started the morning wandering the streets of New Orleans looking for breakfast. Considering that the two things I’ve greatly missed in my time out of the country have been American breakfasts and cajun food, New Orleans was a great place to come back to. Ended up at Royal House Oyster Bar and had a great breakfast. Some folks went off to play golf in the afternoon but since I don’t own any golf equipment any more I went to Frenchman Street with some others and proceeded to check out every live band that was playing. In the evening we all went for dinner at Jacques-Imo’s and then back to Frenchman Street for more music, and on and on.
Day 253 | February 3
Pretty standard day in the life of Ben. Wake up in Medellin, and fly to a bachelor party in New Orleans that night. It’s not even that terrible of a flight, one connection and six hours later I was back in the States which is always nice. Met up with my buddy and his team at our hotel on Bourbon Street and proceeded to have the kind of evening I suppose one has when staying on Bourbon Street…
Day 251 | February 1
I needed to be highly productive today so it was up early and I even decided to check out our current iteration of Work&Go. I posted up there and basically didn’t move all day. Well with one exception; lunch at this really great sandwich place right around the corner from us. But other than that I powered through until evening and then went home and kept working until I dozed off. Pretty thrilling day in Medellin.
Day 250 | January 31
Hey, 250 days in. That feels like it should be some kind of milestone. I’d like to say I did something to mark the occasion but… not enough to have actually done something. I had a rousing day of going to Dunkin’ Donuts in the morning not all that successfully. Worked from home for the whole day and then went to our orientation event at Brew House. Afterwards there was a roast for a couple of our fellow Remotes who are departing. Short story on that; freaking hilarious. I was blown away by how well done everyone’s pieces were.
Day 249 | January 30
Literally did nothing but worked today. Worked from home too which I never do but my current place actually has natural light for a change and we’ve got a big dining room table that makes it convenient. Took one brief lunch break at J&C Delicias which is a chain arepas joint but other than that I basically powered through until I fell asleep.
Day 248 | January 29
First full day in Medellin. Went to the grocery store with my roommates in the morning despite my never cooking at home. Was a bit disoriented to at long last be in an American style grocery store. In the afternoon we undertook the normal day one routine of just walking around the the city aimlessly. We stopped at 37 Park for lunch which is a really cool place and naturally ran into another half dozen people as they were walking by. In the evening we went up to watch the sunset at this lookout on the mountains and then out for drinks at Woka which was a cool jungle themed place that was also… a little odd.
Day 247 | January 28
Despite the fact that my flight for Medellin didn’t leave until noon I still had to be up and out of my place by around 8am. Of course, this was the case for most of us so I lugged all my stuff down to Canasto Picnic Bistro for breakfast where we had basically overrun the terrace with our party and it’s luggage. Hung out there for a while before heading to the airport where we were sad to learn that our gate was in the one tiny area without a lounge. The flight to Medellin from Bogota is a snap, though. I think we were in the air for… thirty minutes? The Medellin airport is really far from town, though, so it was another 40 minute drive to meet up and get the keys to our place. The part of town we are in is dominated by malls so we ended up eating in one at Romero Cocina once we were settled. In the evening a big group of folks went to this craft beer place fittingly named… Brew House. I called it a relatively early night from there.
Day 246 | January 27
Despite the late night of driving around Bogota on a party bus it was still a week day today so off to an early start. I got a quesadilla for lunch on the way to the office and then basically powered through work all day there. I had to pick my clothes up fromhe cleaner in the evening which is a bit closer than I like to cut it on my packing. So spent the evening packing up for my departure in the morning and then went to sleep early.