In February Brad and I signed a contract to teach at an American School in Barranquilla, Colombia. I'll be teaching 7th and 8th grade English and Brad will teach 6th grade math and geography. There's not much to say about life in Colombia just yet as there are still three months before the big move, but I thought I'd get this blog going.Brad and I have both been searching for information about the city, so far this is what we've found:
Here's a video that shows the city and the school
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1412368041666754618
This is a website that another teacher in Colombia made. It has some pictures of what our apartment might look like
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=2611877&uid=121630
Not bad huh?
The school will pay for us to use the facilities at this hotel:
http://www.hotelelpradosa.com/
This is a blog from an Englishman who spent a while in Barranquilla:
http://journals.worldnomads.com/bigfish/post/351.aspx
Here is a link to a few articles from the New York Times Travel section:
http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/central-and-south-america/colombia/overview.html
That's about it so far. I guess we'll know a lot more once we see it, so stay tuned.
