The Best Places in the Walled City Cartagena

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What are the best places in the walled city Cartagena?  It’s a question I asked myself, now that I’m visiting my girlfriend’s birth city for the first time. Luckily, I also had some help from another friend: Jenny.  Jenny Desmond is a Colorado, USA, tour operator and friend of Cultural Reads. Her company, Vive Más Tours, […]

The Best Colombian Movies | A Top 10

Colombian Movies

In my introductions of North American and South American movies, like Argentinian movies, Mexican movies, and Brazilian movies, I have extensively written about these countries’ socio-political past.  And how the past continues to define the present even if the people of these countries try to unshackle the past. You can read more about how the […]

How To Connect People Through Art | Andrés Ribón

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One event marked Andrés Ribón’s youth: his parents’ divorce. Andrés had many questions about it until he realized something. Geometry taught him that lines are sequences of points. To continue the line, it needs another point in between. That’s when Ribón became aware of his role in connecting the disconnected. And our interview is no […]

Best way to learn Spanish: How to go from A1 to C2 in any language

In 2014, I moved to Barcelona for an Erasmus exchange and decided to pick up Spanish. I always wanted to learn another language, and this was my chance. Now seven years later, I passed the C2 exam (the final level) and wanted to share my lessons with others for two reasons: It’s an incredibly fun […]

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