Sandra wanted a sunbaking holiday, so we decided to retrace our steps to our first weekend away together. We booked the cheapest AirBnB with a pool we could find, and caught the bus for a 3-night weekend, something we can do easily now that Sandra is working independently. The house turned out to be much bigger than we thought, with 4 bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and an open-air kitchen / dining area around a garden with a 2-storey mango tree. Our room was one of two ensuites out the back around the small pool / spa and a garden.

It all inspired more ideas for our home whenever we manage to find one. The idea of open air living really appeals to me, but it seems like keeping critters out of the kitchen would be more difficult and Sandra probably wouldn’t cope with all the insect bites.

While Sandra baked in the sun by the pool, I hung out in a hammock on a covered patio on top of the second ensuite. I was half-way through the fourth book in a favourite fantasy series, and was keen to finish before we got home.

Aside from our respective forms of relaxation, we ventured out into the heat a couple of times each day to eat and explore. Night time was best with cooler air and Christmas lights decorating the various squares around the town, and we had dinner one night beneath the unrestored wall of the cathedral.

At first, the heat seemed muted compared to the first visit two years ago, but by the last day, we were looking forward to returning to our relatively cool home in Medellin.