In true American fashion and after not finding anything open yesterday morning I went and worked at Starbucks this morning. Then made an unsuccessful attempt to secure some new clothes before returning home and have an extremely productive afternoon. Last night when I was at Dante I noticed that there are three Italian places in the same little complex and since it’s the closest place to me I’ve resolved to try them all. So tonight I went to Parmessano which was also good, not great, but a killer deal for the price.

Tried to venture out and find some cafe or coffee shop to work from this morning. Sadly, everything was closed so, as usual, I just ended up wandering the streets. I finally just decided to have lunch at Bonhomia which was good. But after that I was full and tired so I just went back home and worked until the evening when I tried this Italian place called Dante which was average but also extremely cheap.

Another quiet day today. Worked from home all day and then tried to venture out to find somewhere quiet for dinner. That was looking like a failure when I randomly ran into some other Remotes on the street, as tends to happen. And we ended up grabbing a bite at Chef Burger which is a local burger chain and a pretty good one at that.

The nice thing about Medellin is that waking up here feels like waking up in Denver. It’s cool in the morning and they air has that crispness that comes from being in the mountains. And for the first time in I don’t know how long I’m not blasted awake by construction or honking horns. Its a nice change of pace. Felt more on top of it today but still didn’t do much. Worked from home all day and then had a burger at Fire House before heading to weekly Tejo league. Despite feeling a bit better I still called it an early night.

Another pretty uneventful day of recovering from weekend craziness. Just hung around the apartment and attempted to be productive although that was met with limited success.

Still recovering from bachelor party weekend today so I did basically nothing. Hung around the apartment and worked all day and then went to sleep super early in the hopes of staving off this sickness that is starting to settle on me.

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.

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.

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.

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…