Easing Back into Gringolandia (Part 1)

How to ease back into gringolandia after six weeks in Ecuador and Colombia?

For Daniel it has been almost six months in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

Well, for starters we could split a Big Mac at the McDonalds on the edge of La Candaleria a short walk from our hostel.

We wanted to see if it tasted the same as the US version.

The verdict: it tastes exactly the same. It's the sauce and the pickle that really makes it taste just the same. Daniel thought the bun was even better -- nicely toasted.

McDonalds in Bogota seems to attract a higher class of people. For one thing, their food is expensive. The Big Mac that we split cost nearly $5 all by itself. The common folk were eating three for a dollar empanadas at humbler places. A lot of the folks at McDonalds were office workers in suits who had just gotten off work.

So it's the opposite of the States where McDonalds is cheap food for people with less to spend.

The McDonalds in Bogota is trying to offer some Colombian snacks for about $1.50 including empanadas, McNuggets with honey (?) and a lulo sundae. A lulo sundae might be pretty good.