Carne de Res

Apparently no visit to Colombia is complete without a meal at Andres Carne de Res. We'd heard rave reviews about the food and the spectacle of the environment and neither disappointed. 

So much carne, and we ate it all for our last meal in Bogotá. 

Yesterday we were shuttled by Fernando, the best taxi driver in el mundo, from Bogotá to our next stop Villa de Leyva. The 6 hour journey began with a stop at the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral, a series of enormous underground caverns in a salt mine. There are around a dozen salt cavern sanctuaries inside. And yes, the walls do taste salty.

The puebla of Zipaquirá is like one big Sonic Drive-In, if rollerskating highs schoolers were salty Colombianos and burgers were giant slabs of meat roasting on open fires on the sidewalk. These hombres bring "tastes" of their meat up to your car window for free so you'll come back and buy more.

Fernando didn't think we'd had enough carne in the last 24 hours, so he made one last stop in Sutamárchan so we could try their specialty sausage. The meat platter came with the special longiza, rellena (a sausage of pork, rice, peas, and blood), beef, pork, and of course, arepas.

Hot with the meat sweats, we finally made our way to the finca in Villa de Leyva to wallow in the food coma.